{"id":116217,"date":"2024-10-20T06:02:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T23:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116217"},"modified":"2024-10-20T06:02:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T23:02:46","slug":"arizona-state-coach-kenny-dillingham-to-hold-kicking-tryouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116217","title":{"rendered":"Arizona State coach Kenny Dillingham to hold kicking tryouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/i\/columnists\/full\/bonagura_kyle.png&amp;h=80&amp;w=80&amp;scale=crop\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff Writer<span class=\"timestamp \">Oct 19, 2024, 05:31 PM ET<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\"><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Covers college football.<\/li>\n<li>Joined ESPN in 2014.<\/li>\n<li>Attended Washington State University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>After three straight games without a made field goal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/team\/_\/id\/9\/arizona-state-sun-devils\">Arizona State<\/a> coach Kenny Dillingham has run out of patience.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our kicking game&#8217;s atrocious,&#8221; Dillingham said after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/game\/_\/gameId\/401636899\/arizona-st-cincinnati\">ASU&#8217;s 24-14 loss<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/team\/_\/id\/2132\/cincinnati-bearcats\">Cincinnati<\/a> on Saturday. &#8220;So, if you can kick and you&#8217;re at Arizona State, email me. We&#8217;re going to have kicking tryouts on Monday, so bring it on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he was serious, Dillingham doubled down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m dead serious. We&#8217;re going to put it out on our social. We&#8217;re going to have a kicking tryout on Monday,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We got to find somebody who can make a field goal. It makes it even harder late in games when it&#8217;s clearly a kick scenario. That&#8217;s when it gets really hard.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sun Devils kicker <a data-player-guid=\"5c71cada-5c2d-3a9d-8135-07c7ebfdc883\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/player\/_\/id\/5085533\/ian-hershey\">Ian Hershey<\/a>, who began his career at Idaho State, badly missed attempts from 48 and 41 yards on the Sun Devils&#8217; final two drives of the game. Hershey is 7-of-12 on field goal attempts this season and 18-of-19 on extra point attempts. Redshirt freshman <a data-player-guid=\"346c6dd5-3fe8-33f9-a589-749c760fa6c7\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/player\/_\/id\/5159821\/carston-kieffer\">Carston Kieffer<\/a> missed his only field goal attempt this season in the opener against Wyoming.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;[Hersey] was kicking good pregame. So, I felt good about it, but you know, it is what it is,&#8221; Dillingham said. &#8220;We got to do a better job getting him in a better mental state to kick. But at the same token, I got to do a job and I got to get guys on the field that can perform in those situations as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dillingham acknowledged an open tryout won&#8217;t necessarily lead to a change, in which case they&#8217;ll stick with the status quo.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If somebody is [good enough], then, you know, welcome to the team and we&#8217;ll rock and roll from there,&#8221; Dillingham said.<\/p>\n<p>Looking to the student body for help in the kicking game isn&#8217;t without precedent.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, Ole Miss added punter <a data-player-guid=\"41d824c0-a50d-3ef6-82b3-5396259f9cf2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/player\/_\/id\/4685171\/charlie-pollock\">Charlie Pollock<\/a> to the roster, after which coach Lane Kiffin, said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know a whole lot about him. I think he was down at the frat house at a keg party or something where they got him from.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In 2008, the late Mike Leach recruited student Matt Williams to the team at Texas Tech after watching him kick a 30-yard field goal during an in-game contest. Williams would remain with the team through the 2010 season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/story\/_\/id\/41889478\/arizona-state-coach-kenny-dillingham-hold-kicking-tryouts\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterOct 19, 2024, 05:31 PM ET Close Covers college football. 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