About 12 years ago I lost a close game because the kicker missed a 35 yard FG. I was working for the Post office and the next day I was fuming and telling anyone who would listen to my ranting that " I could make a 35 yard field goal ". Well needless to say my fellow mail carriers would have no part of it so the next Saturday We had a group of about 15 Letters carriers head over to nearby Portland State University football field to watch me make a fool of myself. I was in my mail carrier's uniform with regular postal walking shoes to make matters worse. True story .... I kicked a 35 yard field goal dead center with about 3 feet to spare. I walked off and the group tried in vain for about 10 minutes without anyone else being successful at that distance. I was in my mid 50's at the time. Pure luck I'm sure but I wish I had put some $$ on it as I'm sure my postal buddies would have given me great odds that I couldn't do it !
used to hold the record for the longest field goal in nassau county playoff history (46 yarder)@hofstra university about 18 years ago(i can't believe it's been that long.....
..it's been broken 10 x's since...ps..i hate kickers...they always seem to screw me at the most inopportune time....
..it's been broken 10 x's since...ps..i hate kickers...they always seem to screw me at the most inopportune time....
Were you on the clock...if so was the PM there ?
Yes, We were all on the clock and no the Postmaster wasn't there ! I worked at university Station which pretty much carried all the mail for all the downtown Portland business customers. On Saturdays most of the business stops were closed so We always had extra time for such shemanigans. Nowadays however with the shrinking Postal revenues, the bosses have the carriers covering vacant routes on Saturdays. Those were the good old days if you had a business mail route like I did.
One Saturday We actually had Cliffy from Cheers drop by and He gave the bartender $ 200 and sat and drank a few beers with us Real Letter Carriers. He was in town for another appearance and heard that the local pub was having a " Letter Carrier Appreciation Day " and He dropped by. It made the society page of U.S A. Today Newspaper
Hell Yea! My mother is spanish and I grew up playing soccer when I was younger. When I hit HS I began to play football as a DT,LT and ILB. Every day in practice I would kick a punt or field goal along with our kicker just to make him sweat in practice because if I made the kicks and he didnt that meant I started the game as a kicker along with the other positions mentioned above. Sad to say I had a full ride to Bowie State D2 here in Maryland. And what do you know I get injured (ruptured disk) and the school dropped me because of my injury! If I would of gotten injured in camp it would of been fine, free surgery and I would of been at school but since it was in the offseason I was fucked. Now im stuck here with you guys betting on the games instead of playing them. It will be 2 years since I suited it up in the PG4A All-Star game in december and GOD DAMN I MISS IT EVERY DAY.
love kickin field goals
played soccer baseball and football
yet when i was little me and my old man would go kick fg's at the high school, he was good even at his age and the big shocker
we both kicked barefoot, he kicked strait on and i went soccer
some good times
was very good and accurate, range was 45 with my long being 50 and of all things in a practice and the ole ball coach saw it and was like yeah whatever. i gotta kicker. lol
wish i would of worked on it and taken it serious, could of had a chance chillin on the sideline gettn paid,lol
i found i had better distance and accuracy kicking with a one step, basicly plant the left leg once and boot away
played soccer baseball and football
yet when i was little me and my old man would go kick fg's at the high school, he was good even at his age and the big shocker
we both kicked barefoot, he kicked strait on and i went soccer
some good times
was very good and accurate, range was 45 with my long being 50 and of all things in a practice and the ole ball coach saw it and was like yeah whatever. i gotta kicker. lol
wish i would of worked on it and taken it serious, could of had a chance chillin on the sideline gettn paid,lol
i found i had better distance and accuracy kicking with a one step, basicly plant the left leg once and boot away
I used to mess around on the high school field when I was a lot younger and could definitely kick a 25 yarder (obviously with no rush). I once made one from 40 yards but that was with a 10 yard run up to the ball. I didn't have enough leg to do it with just the 2 1/2 steps they get in a real football game. I doubt if could do it now.
