🏈 WATCH: Alabama commit Eddy Pineiro hits 73-yard FG in practice

[jlabit]

Wow!!! What a leg. Hope he can do this with 11 defensive players coming after him with a stadium full of fans.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...mmit-eddy-pineiro-hits-73-yard-fg-in-practice

 

[TheChief]

You can hear the wind blowing pretty hard in that video. But, just, ....dang! Wind or no.... Wow.

 

[planomateo]

He's gonna have to live up to these tweets...

He's certainly created high expectations for himself.

 

[TerryP]

You can hear the wind blowing pretty hard in that video

Look at his shorts before he kicks the ball...wind doesn't appear to be blowing that hard.

 

[TheChief]

Maybe the camera man is breathing really, really hard in anticipation.

 

[TerryP]

Maybe the camera man is breathing really, really hard in anticipation.

I haven't bothered to turn up the volume and listen to the background noise. I can't help but think some of that may be due to what is being used to video/record the kicks.

Still...if he can hit one from 73 yards it should make a lot of us rest easy when he attempts one that's 45+ yards, right?

 

[TheChief]

The wind blows during games sometimes too. I haven't heard of anyone making 70+ yarders regardless of the weather conditions.

 

[TerryP]

The wind blows during games sometimes too. I haven't heard of anyone making 70+ yarders regardless of the weather conditions.

There's a difference in kicking a FG of this length in shorts and a tee-shirt versus in a game and I'm not referring to facing a defense or doing it in front of 90-100K fans.

Just as one example if you take your normal adult sized football helmet you're adding anywhere from four to five pounds of weight a kicker has to carry; on his head.

Four pounds may not seem like a lot as a quick thought. There's no analogy one can really make (a bag of sugar balanced on your head?) but don't be mistaken it has a big bearing on a kickers balance alone. Then we start adding pads, etc.?

I haven't heard of anyone making 70+ yarders regardless of the weather conditions.

I have. There was an NFL kicker that hit one in a game last year (mid 60's) and there was video out of him kicking them longer in practices. There was video posted on several Bama sites with Griffin kicking 60+ yard FG's just a couple of years ago.

One thing I think is of note:

We're seeing punting averages rise a lot over the last few years with more and more ex-Rugby players joining football programs. We've beginning to see the same with ex-soccer players. Sebastian Janikowskin...look him up on youtube.

 

[TheChief]

Back in the day some worried Janikowski might break someone's arm on a field goal block. Terry, I don't think he ever made a 73 yarder though. I was a big Janikowski fan.

 

[planomateo]

Back in the day some worried Janikowski might break someone's arm on a field goal block. Terry, I don't think he ever made a 73 yarder though. I was a big Janikowski fan.

Janikowski supposedly kicked an 82 yard FG during practice in high school.

 

[TerryP]

Janikowski supposedly kicked an 82 yard FG during practice in high school.

I remember that. Seacoast, Seabreeze, Seaside (something like that) high school.

As I recall, there was an 82 yarder kicked in one NFL practice as well but I can't recall who kicked it.

When the NFL player kicked one last year that was 60+ I recall hearing SJ has had ten FG's he's made in his pro career that were 55 or more. If I recall correctly, it seems like there were four or five that were from 55 and the longest was 63 (in a game.) I want to say he kicked one of 70 or more in a pre-game warm-up.

 

[XXL TideFan]

@riz may appreciate this vernacular............


Dang!!!!! 'at boy has got a laig on 'im.

 

[We All Bleed Crimson]

Nice! wind/ no wind. Uni / or not. Nice!

 

[jlabit]

Well, looks like Mr Pineiro just beat that record field goal with this one.

http://bleacherreport.com/tb/dh1pk?...er&utm_campaign=alabama-crimson-tide-football

 

[BamaFan334]

I don't give a damn about 70 yards, I just want him to be money from 30-52ish yards.

 

[planomateo]

I don't give a damn about 70 yards, I just want him to be money from 30-52ish yards.

I was wondering when this would finally get mentioned.

Kudos!