No kicker issues here: Emmit Carpenter and his reliable leg anchor the Gophers

per The Athletic:

Like just about everybody else in the state of Minnesota, Emmit Carpenter was glued to the back-and-forth action between the Vikings and Packers on Sunday.

Carpenter, a senior kicker on the Gopher football team, experienced that game’s highs and lows — and ultimately, the anticlimactic tie — just like all the other fans watching it. Unlike most others in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, though, Carpenter was rooting for his hometown Packers to pull out a win in the latest installment of the historic rivalry.

When Vikings kicker Daniel Carlson missed what would have been the game-winning field goal in overtime, most Packers fans were happy. But Carpenter, a Green Bay native, had mixed emotions.

“All the specialists across the country, we really do think of it as a big fraternity because most of us train together in the offseason and get to know each other as kickers and as friends,” Carpenter said. “I’ve gotten the chance to kick with Daniel Carlson a...

https://theathletic.com/536394/2018...eter-mortell-daniel-carlson-vikings-pj-fleck/

Go Gophers!!

I could not be a kicker. I don't think people appreciate what really goes on in these guy's "heads" when they are out there.

Great article. I didn't know he knew Mortell growing up or that Mortell pushed them to recruit him. VERY happy to have him as our kicker.

#2Gopher said:

I could not be a kicker. I don't think people appreciate what really goes on in these guy's "heads" when they are out there.

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My son was a kicker in high school and college, he was also an all state soccer goalie. I never understood how he handled those two positions.