I was the back up long snapper my jr and sr years.
my jr year, dickeys class were seniors. We had a ton of talent, but a really up and down year. We started ranked, lost to Kentucky and Arizona st.
then beat #8 cu. (The week after CU beat Penn St to snap their 39 game win streak )
lost to KU in Manhattan, ughhhh
Beat Iowa st up there, then OU in Norman. That made us 3-1 in the league. Second behind nubbie.
played # 17 mizzou at home.
Steve beyerle who was the starring center got banged up. We scored in the 4th to take a 16-13 lead, so the XP was important
I had deep snapped in jr high and HS, had a really good jr high coach who taught me how to do it. Never had a bad snap in 4 years.
k state, back up deep snapper, didn’t practice as much, frankly didn’t have a coach that knew much. Plus I was wearing those huge offensive lineman shoulder pads. Looked like I had a Conestoga wagon across my shoulders.
so we score / Dickey to John Goerger td pass. Get in the huddle, Dickey calls XP.
go up to the line and get set. Look back - no one in sight. Not Dickey as the holder. No kicker. I can see the north end of the field, the locker room and that’s it
As I said, the XP made it 4 pt lead. Big difference. I’m sweating bullets. Finally Dickey and the kicker come running in. The kicker was the guy who scored, Dickey was helping him get his kicking shoe on.
Dickey claps or whatever , perfect snap. Perfect kick. Oops. Delay of game. Lol
so it’s so it all over again time. At least I had a chance to calm down
did it again. Snap, hold, kick. All good. Whews
we take the lead 17-13 and win by that score
beat okie light the next week to make us 5-1 in the league.
play at Lincoln. If we win, we clinch at least a tie for the big 8 championship
Yeah, well , that was the first of nubbies back to back national titles. 👿
sighhh
my jr year, dickeys class were seniors. We had a ton of talent, but a really up and down year. We started ranked, lost to Kentucky and Arizona st.
then beat #8 cu. (The week after CU beat Penn St to snap their 39 game win streak )
lost to KU in Manhattan, ughhhh
Beat Iowa st up there, then OU in Norman. That made us 3-1 in the league. Second behind nubbie.
played # 17 mizzou at home.
Steve beyerle who was the starring center got banged up. We scored in the 4th to take a 16-13 lead, so the XP was important
I had deep snapped in jr high and HS, had a really good jr high coach who taught me how to do it. Never had a bad snap in 4 years.
k state, back up deep snapper, didn’t practice as much, frankly didn’t have a coach that knew much. Plus I was wearing those huge offensive lineman shoulder pads. Looked like I had a Conestoga wagon across my shoulders.
so we score / Dickey to John Goerger td pass. Get in the huddle, Dickey calls XP.
go up to the line and get set. Look back - no one in sight. Not Dickey as the holder. No kicker. I can see the north end of the field, the locker room and that’s it
As I said, the XP made it 4 pt lead. Big difference. I’m sweating bullets. Finally Dickey and the kicker come running in. The kicker was the guy who scored, Dickey was helping him get his kicking shoe on.
Dickey claps or whatever , perfect snap. Perfect kick. Oops. Delay of game. Lol
so it’s so it all over again time. At least I had a chance to calm down
did it again. Snap, hold, kick. All good. Whews
we take the lead 17-13 and win by that score
beat okie light the next week to make us 5-1 in the league.
play at Lincoln. If we win, we clinch at least a tie for the big 8 championship
Yeah, well , that was the first of nubbies back to back national titles. 👿
sighhh
