re: Grade the starters through 5 games

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Fast forward to last year...before the Iron Bowl, Cade Foster had made 11 of 12 FGs...a good reckoning by any standard...after his 3 misses against Auburn, all of that was forgotten. Several fans questioned why Foster was the starting kicker because "he sucked" (choosing to ignore that he was 11-12 beforehand). Now all that Cade's remembered for is his Iron Bowl performance...

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That's the point. Was even one of his 11 of 12 previous to the Iron Bowl kicks even semi-important? Maybe his two makes against MSU (though that game was still a 13 point win). Nobody gives a shite if you are kicking a field goal in a 35 point blow out. Can you kick one that actually determines a win or loss? Foster never could for some reason.

I agree that it is unfair to label Griffith with that "good when it doesn't matter, miss when it does label" but the two early misses against Ole Miss when it was evident we were going to be in a dog fight just opened up some old wounds for a lot of people. His performance againt WVU was very nice. I'd give him a C right now. I'd like to see more touch backs.