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The Pages of History Rolled Back in TX....
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 8:20 pm
by SuperHornet
Arlington-Martin kicker Ben Grogan connected on a rare drop-kick PAT Friday night during a 59-7 rout of Weatherford. I just LOVE the old stuff!
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Re: The Pages of History Rolled Back in TX....
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 8:46 pm
by JayJ79
SuperHornet wrote:Arlington-Martin kicker Ben Grogan connected on a rare drop-kick PAT Friday night during a 59-7 rout of Weatherford. I just LOVE the old stuff!
didn't the Arena league at one time have a 4-point field goal option on a drop-kick?
they should bring that back (or institute it in college and/or the NFL)
Re: The Pages of History Rolled Back in TX....
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:01 pm
by SuperHornet
They did. The AFL rule provided for a 4-pt FG or 2-pt FG if drop-kicked. It was rarely used. I think the XFL's playoff-only 3-pt conversion had a higher rate of usage. While I like the XFL's creativity there (they blew it when they replaced kickoffs with Steal the Bacon, resulting in a ton of injuries), as a football history buff, I think the AFL's idea was MUCH better....
Re: The Pages of History Rolled Back in TX....
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:26 pm
by JayJ79
According to the AFL site I looked at, evidently there was only one player who ever utilized the 4-pt fieldgoal (and he made 6 of them). That was Brian Mitchell, who played his college ball at UNI.
He also led (by far) the list of 2-pt XP kicks with 28 (the next highest people only had 4)