[Roberton3]

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-On FGs 30 yards and over, he's 5/7.  That's the best in the conference.

Not sure what you were looking at but he was actually 5/8 on FGs 30 yards and over before today. 

After today, he's now 5/10 on FGs 30 yards and over....doubt that's best in the conference...

For FGs between 30 and 40 yards, he is now 3/6 for the season.

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Oops.  Not sure what was up with the stats I was looking at, but they're not correct.  Sorry about that.  Correcting things changes the picture a bit, though not enormously.

Taking conference stats (that seem to be correct) from ESPN: You're right that Williamson was 5/8 on FGs of 30+ yards before today, not 5/7.  So he was 2nd in the PAC-12, not 1st.  And after today, he's 5/10 -- which (based on last week's statistics for the other kickers) leaves him tied for 4th in the league from 30+ yards (and only one of the guys ahead of him has more than 2 attempts from 40+).

So the difference isn't as stark as I'd thought, but the basic point is still there.  Williamson has done worse than the typical kicker in the PAC-12 on FGs under 30 yards, and better on FGs of 30+ yards (even after missing two today).

The stats in the first post were also off.  Williamson is roughly average in the PAC-12 so far, not above average.  (Though the stats about field goals under 40 yards not being gimmes were correct).

Going back to the bigger point -- for all his difficulties, he's still roughly average in the PAC-12.  He's not on track to be all-conference, but he's certainly not the disaster that some folks seem to think.  Kicking is hard, and there aren't very many college kickers that do it really well. 

If we have an all-conference kicker sitting on the bench, then we ought to be using him instead.  But I doubt we do.  And if the backup is roughly as good as the typical PAC-12 kicker, then he's no better than Williamson.

[Roberton3]

[quote author=Roberton3 link=topic=6708.msg50109#msg50109 date=1350777614]
-On FGs 30 yards and over, he's 5/7.  That's the best in the conference.

Not sure what you were looking at but he was actually 5/8 on FGs 30 yards and over before today. 

After today, he's now 5/10 on FGs 30 yards and over....doubt that's best in the conference...

For FGs between 30 and 40 yards, he is now 3/6 for the season.

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Oops.  Not sure what was up with the stats I was looking at, but they're not correct.  Sorry about that.  Correcting things changes the picture a bit, though not enormously.

Taking conference stats (that seem to be correct) from ESPN: You're right that Williamson was 5/8 on FGs of 30+ yards before today, not 5/7.  So he was 2nd in the PAC-12, not 1st.  And after today, he's 5/10 -- which (based on last week's statistics for the other kickers) leaves him tied for 4th in the league from 30+ yards (and only one of the guys ahead of him has more than 2 attempts from 40+).

So the difference isn't as stark as I'd thought, but the basic point is still there.  Williamson has done worse than the typical kicker in the PAC-12 on FGs under 30 yards, and better on FGs of 30+ yards (even after missing two today).

The stats in the first post were also off.  Williamson is roughly average in the PAC-12 so far, not above average.  (Though the stats about field goals under 40 yards not being gimmes were correct).

Going back to the bigger point -- for all his difficulties, he's still roughly average in the PAC-12.  He's not on track to be all-conference, but he's certainly not the disaster that some folks seem to think.  Kicking is hard, and there aren't very many college kickers that do it really well. 

If we have an all-conference kicker sitting on the bench, then we ought to be using him instead.  But I doubt we do.  And if the backup is roughly as good as the typical PAC-12 kicker, then he's no better than Williamson.