That said, I was never comfortable with Cantele, which is odd because he was a 1st Team All-Big 12 kicker. His problem was never talent, but he got the yips, and those can come on whenever.
Wasn't there one point when he was deep in his own head that he shanked an XP?
Sometimes you say mindnumbingly stupid stuff which is weird because it appears as if you put a lot of thought into each and every post.
There is absolutely no evidence that suggests he had the yips, come on man. He was a good college kicker that had one bad game; nothing less, nothing more.
Didn't his misses come in succession?
Sure, the aggregate stats look fine. But it was shortly after the Auburn game where he shanked the XP right? Or one of his next few attempts after?
Then the OSU game.
He had a slump. I'm not going to look back and confirm, but he had the yips for a bit. It was like watching Rick Ankiel throw the ball into the stands and then wondering what in the hell was going on.
I was defending him, FWIW. But when a kicker slumps, it's mainly mental, and his slump was undoubtedly mental. That's scary because that stuff is unpredictable and usually ill timed.
