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Mount Rushmore of Alabama kickers?

Posted on 7/19/24 at 3:29 pm
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
69747 posts
Posted on 7/19/24 at 3:29 pm
I think the three obvious ones are Will Reichard, Phillip Doyle, and Van Tiffin. However, I think there is a decent debate about slot number four and that debate (at least in my opinion) comes down to Michael Proctor and Leigh Tiffin.

For the sake of diversity I would probably have it as:

1. Will Reichard
2. Phillip Doyle
3. Van Tiffin
4. Michael Proctor

ETA: Another reason why I think the criteria for the College Football Hall of Fame is outdated and needs to be changed, Reichard is the NCAA's all-time leading scorer but because he never received 1st Team All-America honors from any of the big publications he is ineligible for induction.
This post was edited on 7/19/24 at 3:32 pm
Posted by Sandkhan
Hells and Wilderness, Northeast MS
Member since Jun 2009
7030 posts
Posted on 7/19/24 at 4:03 pm to
Leigh Tiffin and Peter Kim have to be considered.

It’s really just Reichard 4 times
Posted by hwyman108
Member since Nov 2016
2335 posts
Posted on 7/19/24 at 4:08 pm to
Andrzej Debowski and Peter Kim honorable mention
Posted by Sandkhan
Hells and Wilderness, Northeast MS
Member since Jun 2009
7030 posts
Posted on 7/19/24 at 4:32 pm to
Ryan Pflugner has to do the carving and move the rubble.
Posted by Vulcan Materials
Member since May 2022
1355 posts
Posted on 7/19/24 at 4:39 pm to
Leigh Tiffin got a bad rap for a few games in his freshman year, but his senior year, he was an absolute god. It was a shame he didn’t get the Groza award that year.
Posted by Che Boludo
Member since May 2009
21847 posts
Posted on 7/19/24 at 6:06 pm to
Leigh Tiffin over Proctor
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
66950 posts
Posted on 7/19/24 at 7:21 pm to
Whatever the opposite of Mt. Rushmore is, I can quickly give you 4 that should go there.
Actually way more than 4
Posted by Che Boludo
Member since May 2009
21847 posts
Posted on 7/20/24 at 10:05 am to
quote:

Whatever the opposite of Mt. Rushmore is,

It's on a rock face in GA.
Posted by bamabaum
Montgomery, AL
Member since Jul 2014
1321 posts
Posted on 7/20/24 at 12:57 pm to
[quote]Whatever the opposite of Mt. Rushmore is, I can quickly give you 4 that should go there.
Actually way more than 4[/quote

Cade Foster cost us a few games, including the Kick six if he makes a couple. 2013 is another National Championship if he makes maybe just one of those chip shots.
Posted by BamaChemE
Midland, TX
Member since Feb 2012
7517 posts
Posted on 7/20/24 at 1:17 pm to
quote:

Ryan Pflugner has to do the carving and move the rubble



It’d just be a big pile off to the right…
Posted by AlterDWI
Pattern Noticing, Alabama
Member since Nov 2012
6034 posts
Posted on 7/20/24 at 3:32 pm to
I would put Leigh over his dad. He got a lot of shite for singlehandidly costing us the Arkansas game, but he was solid the next 3 years & damn near perfect his senior year.
Posted by Sandkhan
Hells and Wilderness, Northeast MS
Member since Jun 2009
7030 posts
Posted on 7/20/24 at 4:16 pm to
That Arkansas game also helped us move on from Shula and get Saban. There were still people who genuinely wanted to keep Shula and another conference win in that year could’ve tipped the scales or helped with team momentum. If ever there was a year for a kicker to lose us a game to foster change, that was it.
Posted by CrimsonCrusade
Member since Jan 2014
5686 posts
Posted on 7/20/24 at 5:04 pm to
quote:

Ryan Pflugner has to do the carving and move the rubble.


If Pfugner gets that punishment, what is Foster doing? Cleaning the port-a-potties?
Posted by Sandkhan
Hells and Wilderness, Northeast MS
Member since Jun 2009
7030 posts
Posted on 7/20/24 at 5:22 pm to
Yeah. Foster really really sucked. The thing with Pflugner is he gets the disadvantage of being the kicker during my formative years. Losing the Orange Bowl and missing the extra point vs Florida, getting bailed out by an offsides call, then nearly missing it again made me really dislike him as a 13 year old
Posted by ReauxlTide222
St. Petersburg
Member since Nov 2010
88805 posts
Posted on 7/20/24 at 8:59 pm to
quote:

1. Will Reichard
2. Phillip Doyle
3. Van Tiffin
4. Michael Proctor….sike more like Kade Foster
Posted by Richard Dangler
Huntsville, AL
Member since Dec 2015
820 posts
Posted on 7/21/24 at 3:37 am to
I would not say he needs to be on the Mount Rushmore of Alabama kickers, but I really liked Jamie Christensen back in 2005.
Posted by CrimsonCrusade
Member since Jan 2014
5686 posts
Posted on 7/21/24 at 7:31 am to
quote:

Losing the Orange Bowl and missing the extra point vs Florida, getting bailed out by an offsides call, then nearly missing it again made me really dislike him as a 13 year old


Orange Bowl was Pflugner but he was actually out for that Florida game. I think he was suspended for a DUI or something. Chris Kemp was kicking in his place.
Posted by Sandkhan
Hells and Wilderness, Northeast MS
Member since Jun 2009
7030 posts
Posted on 7/21/24 at 8:46 am to
Well I’ll be damned. I could’ve sworn that was him. Are we sure he wasn’t drunk during the Orange Bowl too lol?

I was 13 back then. I remember the Orange Bowl and the Tim Rattay Hail Mary loss really made me lose my shite more than other losses for some reason
This post was edited on 7/21/24 at 8:48 am
Posted by bamabenny
Member since Nov 2009
15440 posts
Posted on 7/22/24 at 8:28 am to
quote:

I really liked Jamie Christensen back in 2005.


Quite possibly the biggest football douche I ever met in person back in college.

Also belongs nowhere near this discussion about best Bama kickers of all time
This post was edited on 7/22/24 at 8:30 am
Posted by Sandkhan
Hells and Wilderness, Northeast MS
Member since Jun 2009
7030 posts
Posted on 7/22/24 at 8:59 am to
Yeah he was a really bad kicker tbh. Looked like a damn screwball coming off his foot. I’ve seen halftime student kicking competitions that looked better than his kicks.

Every kick he made was like he had a horseshoe up his arse.
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