re: 5-16 on FG's in last 5 losses

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The 11 misses:
OM- 46 and 51 yards
OU- 32
AU- 44, 33, 44, 57
A&M- None
LSU- 44, 50, 49, 52

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For college kickers, I expect them to make anything under 40 yards. Anything over that and the possibility of missing is pretty realistic. Out of all of those, the only miss that I think should have been made and directly resulted in a loss was the 33 yarder against Auburn last year. All of the other ones were tough and were honestly gambling a bit by going for the kick especially when you consider how obvious it was that our kickers were off on those nights.

ETA: With that being said, the only one of those that I actually disagree with the decision was the 57 yarder against Auburn. At the very least, I disagree with the decision to not put anyone who could cover a return well out there although there is admittedly a lot of hindsight there. Personally, I would have tried for a pass to the end zone, but it is over.