I'm not sure anything could sum up the dysfunction that was the 2019 Miami Hurricanes season more than that game where Manny brought in some kid from Mahoney-Pearson who looked 140pds soaking wet to kick because Bubba had been SOOOO bad, thinking anything would be an improvement.... well, no it wasn't, as that dude's first kick looked like a shanked chip from a drunk guy at your local muni and barely reached the endzone... so when you need a kick desperately later, you gotta go back to your big kicker recruit after that fiasco, right? ... except Bubba proceeded to shank his own and miss it. So with the game on the line, what do you do? Go back to the first guy, because, well, why not..... and he misses a game winner too. smh
I mean JFC!! It's hard to believe what I just described above happened.... yet it did.
Exactly how I felt at the time too, man. I KNEW they weren't making either of those last two kicks. Never been surer of a missed FG in my life.At that point of the game, I just had to laugh. I've watched a lot of Miami football and had never seen anything quite like it. Guarantee that if you put me in a uniform, I would have nailed AT LEAST ONE of those 3 kicks.
I'm not sure anything could sum up the dysfunction that was the 2019 Miami Hurricanes season more than that game where Manny brought in some kid from Mahoney-Pearson who looked 140pds soaking wet to kick because Bubba had been SOOOO bad, thinking anything would be an improvement.... well, no it wasn't, as that dude's first kick looked like a shanked chip from a drunk guy at your local muni and barely reached the endzone... so when you need a kick desperately later, you gotta go back to your big kicker recruit after that fiasco, right? ... except Bubba proceeded to shank his own and miss it. So with the game on the line, what do you do? Go back to the first guy, because, well, why not..... and he misses a game winner too. smh
I mean JFC!! It's hard to believe what I just described above happened.... yet it did.
Agreed. He started his career ok, but when he hit that rough patch, you could just see it in his body language, in his face. He was emotionally/mentally ruined. It was game over for him. He seemed to fear every kick and even the short ones became a major mental challenge. It will be interesting to see if new surroundings and a new start will allow him to get back to being at least passably effective, or if he really is that far gone.That dude is the definition of being mentally shook. Worst kicker I've EVER seen in my life.
Who was worse, Bubba as a placer kicker or Feagles as a punter?
I'm not sure anything could sum up the dysfunction that was the 2019 Miami Hurricanes season more than that game where Manny brought in some kid from Mahoney-Pearson who looked 140pds soaking wet to kick because Bubba had been SOOOO bad, thinking anything would be an improvement.... well, no it wasn't, as that dude's first kick looked like a shanked chip from a drunk guy at your local muni and barely reached the endzone... so when you need a kick desperately later, you gotta go back to your big kicker recruit after that fiasco, right? ... except Bubba proceeded to shank his own and miss it. So with the game on the line, what do you do? Go back to the first guy, because, well, why not..... and he misses a game winner too. smh
I mean JFC!! It's hard to believe what I just described above happened.... yet it did.
Awesome newsJus saw it at 24/7.
That is both SAD and funny as fck! I laughed my dyke off. Thanks, For_The_U!I'm not sure anything could sum up the dysfunction that was the 2019 Miami Hurricanes season more than that game where Manny brought in some kid from Mahoney-Pearson who looked 140pds soaking wet to kick because Bubba had been SOOOO bad, thinking anything would be an improvement.... well, no it wasn't, as that dude's first kick looked like a shanked chip from a drunk guy at your local muni and barely reached the endzone... so when you need a kick desperately later, you gotta go back to your big kicker recruit after that fiasco, right? ... except Bubba proceeded to shank his own and miss it. So with the game on the line, what do you do? Go back to the first guy, because, well, why not..... and he misses a game winner too. smh
I mean JFC!! It's hard to believe what I just described above happened.... yet it did.
I got slammed for saying it, but IF Baxa kicks all three of those FGs, he makes one. Playing musical kickers is freaking stupid. If he gave Baxa a chance to get his head right, he'd have been our best option.I'm not sure anything could sum up the dysfunction that was the 2019 Miami Hurricanes season more than that game where Manny brought in some kid from Mahoney-Pearson who looked 140pds soaking wet to kick because Bubba had been SOOOO bad, thinking anything would be an improvement.... well, no it wasn't, as that dude's first kick looked like a shanked chip from a drunk guy at your local muni and barely reached the endzone... so when you need a kick desperately later, you gotta go back to your big kicker recruit after that fiasco, right? ... except Bubba proceeded to shank his own and miss it. So with the game on the line, what do you do? Go back to the first guy, because, well, why not..... and he misses a game winner too. smh
I mean JFC!! It's hard to believe what I just described above happened.... yet it did.
I thought that was usIsn't fiu looking for a kicker. You know that other school in Miami.
Wasn't he something like 4/9 his senior year?If you extrapolated Bubbas high school career out, this is completely in line with the data. He was horrible when we recruited him. He had a big leg which showed out well in skills camps when nothing was at stake. He was a bad recruit from day one.