Merrick Glover, all time points leader

[QuarterbackU]

Good news! His brother Casey was awarded a scholarship today so our kicking will be Glovered the next few years

His family must have compromising photos of Coach.

[visualmagic]

If he’s better than Merek, he should be kicking the field goals. If he’s not better than Merek, he shouldn’t be getting a scholarship

[Man in Green]

Who was the kid kicking 60 yd FG's at Yulman? He was making them one after another. I think it was on Twitter. That kid needs to be on scholarship.

[waverider]

If he’s better than Merek, he should be kicking the field goals. If he’s not better than Merek, he shouldn’t be getting a scholarship

Maybe he got it for his kickoffs alone. I was going to ask if recovering 4 onside kicks in a season warrants a scholarship but I think it would be hard to find a kicker that has done that in his career much less one season.

[waverider]

Who was the kid kicking 60 yd FG's at Yulman? He was making them one after another. I think it was on Twitter. That kid needs to be on scholarship.

One was a former Rummel kid. He burned his eligibility at Samford before kicking in the NFL, XFL, and I think another league professionally. The other was Garrett Hartley who played for the Saints.

[Baywave1]

For those questioning if it makes sense to try someone (anyone?) else than Merek Glover against Memphis, I think of CJ finally playing a 4th string QB against Tulsa in 2015.

Jordy Joseph had ridden the pine for his entire career at Tulane. When given a chance to play literally out of late season desperation, he performed capably. He wasn’t a hero as Tulane lost late in 4th quarter but he gave Tulane a solid chance to win after others more talented than him had failed throughout the season

Maybe if Fritz gives one of the backup kickers a similar opportunity that guy will surprise us just as Joseph did six years ago.

[wavedom]

He threw two pick sixes to cost us the game.

[tulaneoutlaw]

If we thought we had a better answer at kicker wouldn't they already have gotten a shot? Glover has the record now and we clearly don't have a better option. We have one chance left to win a game this year and in doing so we could mess up a conference rival's season. 3-9 sucks but it's better than 2-10. No reason not to let him finish out his career.

[Baywave1]

We didn’t have a chance without him. He played very well for the first 55 minutes. He didn’t have anything to do with Tulane’s other eight losses which “cost” Johnson his job.

It’s Thanksgiving. If Tulane makes you so unhappy that your first keyboard impulse is to slam a walk-on who played creditably after finally being given a chance after years of not playing, why do you put yourself through such torture?

[Baywave1]

Someone else should get a chance because Fritz’s policy is how you play determines how much you play. I wish Glover well and congratulate him on the record. However in his five years at Tulane he has never made a game winning kick but regrettably has missed at least three if not more.

Maybe one of the backups could do better under pressure.

[waverider]

Someone else should get a chance because Fritz’s policy is how you play determines how much you play. I wish Glover well and congratulate him on the record. However in his five years at Tulane he has never made a game winning kick but regrettably has missed at least three if not more.

Maybe one of the backups could do better under pressure.

After he blew the Tulsa game he would have been benched (would have been long before that) if there was someone better.

Maybe our next guy will have kicked in HS before coming here.

[ml wave]

If he’s better than Merek, he should be kicking the field goals. If he’s not better than Merek, he shouldn’t be getting a scholarship

Maybe he got it for his kickoffs alone. I was going to ask if recovering 4 onside kicks in a season warrants a scholarship but I think it would be hard to find a kicker that has done that in his career much less one season.

He should definitely get it for the onside kicks alone. Also, I believe he's a P not a K.

[ml wave]

Someone else should get a chance because Fritz’s policy is how you play determines how much you play. I wish Glover well and congratulate him on the record. However in his five years at Tulane he has never made a game winning kick but regrettably has missed at least three if not more.

Maybe one of the backups could do better under pressure.

If they can't do it in warmups with no pressure, there's no reason to believe they can do it in games under pressure.

[PeteRasche]

It’s Thanksgiving. If Tulane makes you so unhappy that your first keyboard impulse is to slam a walk-on who played creditably after finally being given a chance after years of not playing, why do you put yourself through such torture?

It had nothing to do with slamming a walk-on and everything to do with telling someone on the board they were wrong in how they viewed something. The topic on which they were wrong doesn't even cross his mind.

[wavedom]

We didn’t have a chance without him. He played very well for the first 55 minutes. He didn’t have anything to do with Tulane’s other eight losses which “cost” Johnson his job.

It’s Thanksgiving. If Tulane makes you so unhappy that your first keyboard impulse is to slam a walk-on who played creditably after finally being given a chance after years of not playing, why do you put yourself through such torture?

I just believe in giving the full picture. I appreciated Jordy's devotion to the program but his performance has been overstated. If you that thin skinned why do you go on the internet.

[wavedom]

It’s Thanksgiving. If Tulane makes you so unhappy that your first keyboard impulse is to slam a walk-on who played creditably after finally being given a chance after years of not playing, why do you put yourself through such torture?

It had nothing to do with slamming a walk-on and everything to do with telling someone on the board they were wrong in how they viewed something. The topic on which they were wrong doesn't even cross his mind.

The topic did cross my mind. It wasn’t about telling him he was wrong on how he viewed it it was about the fact that he didn’t tell the whole story. The topic doesn't change the facts of the situation . Plus that example has gotten trotted out a lot and always leaves that part out. The game is 60 minutes long not 55.

[FW]

One after the other...then he came along...

We had great kickers "one after the other" until Santos graduated. Then we were a COMPLETE disaster at kicker the rest of Curtis Johnson's tenure. Scared to even try it. Not just misses, blocks.

Other than Marler and Santos, we haven’t really had any other good kickers in the 25ish years that I’ve been watching

Eddie Murray, Tony Wood, Brad Palazzo, Vince Minalla…I probably misspelled a couple of those, were all great, or at least reliable.
Kicking is 80% mental, the other half is physical. I used to be a kicker so i have a little first hand knowledge.

Eddie Murray and Tony Wood are not in the 25ish years that I’ve been watching.
Statistically, Palazzo wasn’t anything special. Hit (50/68) 73.5%

Palazzo was very good. Those misses must have come early in his career because Bowden wouldn’t have put up with a kicker missing that many kicks, unlike a certain coach. I recall him being a steady and reliable kicker his last 2 years.

Nope. Palazzo was 9/17 in 1998

6/8 in 1995
12/15 in 1996
23/28 in 1997

[gerryb323]

One after the other...then he came along...

We had great kickers "one after the other" until Santos graduated. Then we were a COMPLETE disaster at kicker the rest of Curtis Johnson's tenure. Scared to even try it. Not just misses, blocks.

Other than Marler and Santos, we haven’t really had any other good kickers in the 25ish years that I’ve been watching

Eddie Murray, Tony Wood, Brad Palazzo, Vince Minalla…I probably misspelled a couple of those, were all great, or at least reliable.
Kicking is 80% mental, the other half is physical. I used to be a kicker so i have a little first hand knowledge.

Eddie Murray and Tony Wood are not in the 25ish years that I’ve been watching.
Statistically, Palazzo wasn’t anything special. Hit (50/68) 73.5%

Palazzo was very good. Those misses must have come early in his career because Bowden wouldn’t have put up with a kicker missing that many kicks, unlike a certain coach. I recall him being a steady and reliable kicker his last 2 years.

Nope. Palazzo was 9/17 in 1998

6/8 in 1995
12/15 in 1996
23/28 in 1997

Not to mention that the "bad" percentage quoted was the career high percentage at Tulane until Cairo! That '98 offense had to skew the percentages a little. I'd wonder what the situations were compared to '97

[visualmagic]

One after the other...then he came along...

We had great kickers "one after the other" until Santos graduated. Then we were a COMPLETE disaster at kicker the rest of Curtis Johnson's tenure. Scared to even try it. Not just misses, blocks.

Other than Marler and Santos, we haven’t really had any other good kickers in the 25ish years that I’ve been watching

Eddie Murray, Tony Wood, Brad Palazzo, Vince Minalla…I probably misspelled a couple of those, were all great, or at least reliable.
Kicking is 80% mental, the other half is physical. I used to be a kicker so i have a little first hand knowledge.

Eddie Murray and Tony Wood are not in the 25ish years that I’ve been watching.
Statistically, Palazzo wasn’t anything special. Hit (50/68) 73.5%

Palazzo was very good. Those misses must have come early in his career because Bowden wouldn’t have put up with a kicker missing that many kicks, unlike a certain coach. I recall him being a steady and reliable kicker his last 2 years.

Nope. Palazzo was 9/17 in 1998

6/8 in 1995
12/15 in 1996
23/28 in 1997

Not to mention that the "bad" percentage quoted was the career high percentage at Tulane until Cairo! That '98 offense had to skew the percentages a little. I'd wonder what the situations were compared to '97

Gerry, I never said Palazzo was “bad”, I actually said that Tulane kickers had been nothing special outside of Cairo and (one year of) Marler.

[QuarterbackU]

One after the other...then he came along...

We had great kickers "one after the other" until Santos graduated. Then we were a COMPLETE disaster at kicker the rest of Curtis Johnson's tenure. Scared to even try it. Not just misses, blocks.

Other than Marler and Santos, we haven’t really had any other good kickers in the 25ish years that I’ve been watching

Eddie Murray, Tony Wood, Brad Palazzo, Vince Minalla…I probably misspelled a couple of those, were all great, or at least reliable.
Kicking is 80% mental, the other half is physical. I used to be a kicker so i have a little first hand knowledge.

Eddie Murray and Tony Wood are not in the 25ish years that I’ve been watching.
Statistically, Palazzo wasn’t anything special. Hit (50/68) 73.5%

Palazzo was very good. Those misses must have come early in his career because Bowden wouldn’t have put up with a kicker missing that many kicks, unlike a certain coach. I recall him being a steady and reliable kicker his last 2 years.

Nope. Palazzo was 9/17 in 1998

6/8 in 1995
12/15 in 1996
23/28 in 1997

Not to mention that the "bad" percentage quoted was the career high percentage at Tulane until Cairo! That '98 offense had to skew the percentages a little. I'd wonder what the situations were compared to '97

Gerry, I never said Palazzo was “bad”, I actually said that Tulane kickers had been nothing special outside of Cairo and (one year of) Marler.

Marler missed 3 Field Goals in the Hawaii Bowl. We won that game in spite of his performance.