Thomas Weber Misses Field Goal, Trevor Hankins To Blame For ASU's 34-33 Loss To USC
by Cory Williams on Nov 7, 2010 11:37 AM MST
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PrintTrevor Hankins is one of the best punters in college football, averaging 47.1 yards per punt and proving his worth on a consistent basis. He has given ASU two full years of quality play, and has been relied upon by fans and teammates alike.
This weekend, however, the only thing that he did was cause the Sun Devils the road victory against the USC Trojans. Hankins violated a team rule and was suspended for the game, forcing Thomas Weber into punting duties and taxing an already stretched special teams.
How did Thomas Weber do? He punted the ball seven times, kicked off three times, and kicked four PAT's as the end of the game drew near. One of Weber's punts was blocked, his kickoffs were allowing the Trojans excellent field position, and an extra point was blocked.
Long story short, he was using his leg a lot, and it's not something that you can just ignore. Look back at the days when you'd play sports with your friends and family. Didn't your arm start to hurt after a while? Did your legs tighten up?
After four full quarters of kicking the ball in various ways, Weber was taxed. Does this excuse him from having two consecutive terrible seasons? No. Does it mean that he gets a pass for missing a makable 42-yard field goal to win the game? Heck no.
But it goes to show you that football is a team sport, and individual actions can hurt the whole. Trevor Hankins, whatever he did, should be ashamed of himself for missing this game. He can hold himself accountable for the way the final minutes played out.
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He did have two blocked kicks
I think it got into his head a little bit. Not excusing it, but I think that was part of the miss.
Should have won the damn game though…
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].
I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team(s), throughout the good and the bad. And don't switch to whichever team wins the Super Bowl each year.
C'mon man, you blame the loss on the punter, who didn't have a bad play?
The loss is because we have an over-rated kicker that hasn’t done a thing since winning the Groza. If anything the extra punts helped Weber stay loose. You can place blame on Weber’s kicking debacles (punting and field goals), Burfcit’s personal fouls, and countless other players. Hell you can even blame the holder, but you can’t blame a guy who didn’t even play or doesn’t kick field goals. Bobby Wetzig or Jackson Allen from last year’s team could have split the uprights and given us a HUGE upset on the road.
At some point close losses have to come down to the coaching staff...
…and at some point the staff has to become responsible. And a lame-duck coach won’t rally the troops either.
Ya, I’m beating the drum for you guys. The program is not Colorado poor, and any coach might be better than one that ran Thug U in South Beach years ago.
It's not what you've done but what you are doing that matters.
And the roses in this grand ol' stadium are once again Crimson. - Eli Gold, CTSN Broadcast of the BCS Championship Game at the Rose Bowl, 1-7-2010
Weber
It all comes down to him. They have to just go for it on fourth for now on cause he’s gonna miss. Yea threet’s pick six was brutal, but the d stopped them, got a pick six of their own, ran a kickoff back, and the offense gave him another chance to win a game. He blew it like always, he’s responsible, but Erickson doesn’t have the balls. We have so much talent and nothing to show for it. It all goes down to coaching. No leadership or discipline, and while the playcalling is much improved from recent years, its still boring and predictable. We have speed, throw it deep. Threet has the arm to do it. Of course he misses on the rare plays they try it because he never gets to practice it.
And Vontaze is just getting picked on now. The dude gets shoved and hit after every single play and nothing happens. He bumps guys after a play and gets a flag. Its ridiculous. Sure he does stupid things but he’s the best player on the team.
Trevor Hankins
Trevor Hankins is a great kid. Trevors parents are wonderful people and his father is so dedicated to trevors success. Everyone makes mistakes and this just happened. Im a huge fan of Trevor and believe he is the best punter out there. Although he chose to do something stupid, he was thinking about his friends and not his career. I believe in him and wish him the best. He didnt play the game and although hes the best on the team, it was time for the second best to shine and apparently it was no contest.
by Christian Shon Berry on Nov 20, 2010 8:55 PM MST reply actions
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