[SamAtoms1980]

He's a nice kid with a great leg, but he obviously can't manage his nerves on the field.  That reaction happens not just to kickers, but golfers and other athletes.  Experience is not usually the cure.  And what he does in practice is 100% irrelevant because you can't simulate the pressure.  We probably should have lined up a kicker last year, but if I were Shaw I'd make it a high priority for the fall. 

IMO, you CAN simulate the pressure.

Bring Stanford's hottest cheerleader to kicking practice.  Have Williamson attempt five 40-yard field goals, then five more from 45 yards, going from one hash to the other.  If he hits them all......

[SamAtoms1980]

He's a nice kid with a great leg, but he obviously can't manage his nerves on the field.  That reaction happens not just to kickers, but golfers and other athletes.  Experience is not usually the cure.  And what he does in practice is 100% irrelevant because you can't simulate the pressure.  We probably should have lined up a kicker last year, but if I were Shaw I'd make it a high priority for the fall. 

IMO, you CAN simulate the pressure.

Bring Stanford's hottest cheerleader to kicking practice.  Have Williamson attempt five 40-yard field goals, then five more from 45 yards, going from one hash to the other.  If he hits them all......