In case you missed it, KSU kicker April Goss made history this weekend when she scored for her team by kicking an extra point in the first half of the Kent State/Delaware State match-up on Saturday. She is now the second female kicker in college football history to make such a play behind New Mexico’s Katie Hnida who scored during a game in 2003.
Kent State Athletics tweeted out a clip of the historic kick after Saturday’s 45-13 win:
April Goss of @KentStFootball becomes 2nd female ever to score in FBS game! pic.twitter.com/gNeBUa9Zdw
— Kent State Athletics (@KentStAthletics) September 12, 2015This article appears in Sep 9-15, 2015.
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I know Kent State wants this to be a happy feel good story and all that, but I’m kind of annoyed about this because all the facts make this appear to be nothing more than a publicity stunt and that’s it. So, clearly they were stomping Delaware State (they held them to -33 total yards after all, and that’s for the whole game), so you put in not your main kicker, or your backup kicker, but a player that isn’t listed on the depth chart? Oh, but then the other two extra point attempts your team goes for after that are attempted by your first-string kicker, and you already have a 30 point lead you can’t even fumble away, despite your best attempts to do so? Besides the fact this never happens on any team ever, how does that make any sense? Obviously Delaware State sucks, since they couldn’t get a positive offensive yard for an entire game and only got their 13 points off Kent State fumbles, so why not let April do a kick off or at least kick the rest of the extra points? Or, how about even listing her on your freaking depth chart as the number 3 kicker? You can list 5 running backs, but can’t list your third kicker? But yet all of us should take this as some magical feel good Disney movie moment. What a load of crap. Talk to me when she is named the starter and plays the entire game as your kicker. If she’s talented enough to make the team, practice with the team, and convert extra point attempts, I’m pretty sure she can hold her own against a national juggernaut like Delaware State. Until then, I’ll remain convinced that you’re saying one thing, but your actions tell a whole different story.