Who's your favorite punter?

[ohiosmith]

[wryter2000]

1. Ray Guy

No contest.

[Paragon]

3. Beat me to it

Plus it would be neat to say "Hey, Guy" and actually be calling someone by their name.

[GOPisEvil]

2. Shane Lechler.

From my alma mater - Texas A&M, current punter of the Raiders.

[Champ]

4. That's Easy

Jeff Feagles

Hell I think I spelled his name wrong but he is after all a punter. :)

[Wickerman]

5. Reggie Roby

as a hawkeye, not so much as a dolphin.

[denverbill]

12. Reggie was great as a Hawk.

He played there when I went to school. IIRC, Hayden used him for kickoffs too and he used to knock those through the uprights regularly.

[Wickerman]

13. I was there then, too

yep, he used to split the uprights on kickoff often. Those games with him and Long and Harmon and the rest were great.

[denverbill]

14. Hayden was great too. What a change from Bob Cummings!

Our standing joke about Bob Cummings was that his gameplan consisted of running up the middle twice, then a middle draw, and punt. When he was really going nuts, he'd try a middle screen.

Then comes Hayden. I swear every game had a new trick play. Plus, he was a riot to listen to on his interviews.

[Wickerman]

15. Ol' 1/2 a yard and a cloud of mud Bob

yep, I recall him, he got the axe one year before I got there, so I was never there under him and missed Hayden's first year. Hayden was great - good intervies, good marketing, fun coaching. Iowa really needed him.

[tcfrogs]

22. Hey Luna!

I saw in another post that you're from IA! Where abouts? I grew up in the Des Moines area...well, actually, I think many of my friends would doubt that I've grown up at all...

Just curious...

[Wickerman]

24. Newton, Home of Maytag!

yeeee-haw, go Cardinals!

[tcfrogs]

25. Woo-hoo!

I went to Urbandale, and back in those days, we were in the same conference.

[Wickerman]

26. Yep, I particualry recall the Urbandale Invitational

track event.

[tcfrogs]

27. Good to see another fine Iowan here!!!

[underpants]

6. TOM TUPA!!!

And I know my punters.

Tupa was the first NFL player to score a 2-pt, Extra point after it was reinstated. He started at QB and punter at Ohio State.

[Whitacre D_WI]

10. As a Buckeys fan, I gotta go with Tupa as well...

...though the guy who punted for them a couple years back (when they won the championship) was INCREDIBLE.

I don't follow the college ball enough. He still kick ze boll?

[TN al]

7. Isn't that a picture of Lou Grosza?

And wasn't he a place kicker?

Tony Meola is my favorite punter. He plays REAL football.

[ohiosmith]

11. Right on both counts. But isn't it a great pic?

[On the Road]

8. I Have a Soft Spot for Reggie Roby

Reggie Roby punted for the Dolphins and looked like an offensive lineman. Most punters go up on their toes (of the plant foot) when they punt (see picture above).

Reggie simply stomped his whole foot down and swung his kicking leg. Terrible form but you couldn't argue with it. He had a hang time of about 15 seconds.

[blm]

9. Lou Groza has to be up there.

"The Toe"

[Donkeyboy75]

16. Pat McInally

[HEyHEY]

17. Louie Pasagli

Greatest Kicker in the history of pro football - he's a CFL kicker who's records shatter that of NFL and CFL

[bubblesby2002]

18. You beat me to it HEyHEY

but I should point out that theres's an "a" at the end of his name: Lui Pasaglia.

Hope you don't mind,.

[HEyHEY]

20. No I actually hit the A,, guess not hard enough

LLOOOUUUUUU!!!!!!!

[bubblesby2002]

21. I loved watching him and hearing the crowd chant

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[ohiosmith]

23. As much as I like Lui Passaglia (met him a couple of times) he

couldn't cut it in the NFL.

[Blue-Jay]

19. Rafael Septien

Yeah, yeah... Bash away, Cowboy-haters. (remember that it was in the days of Staubach, Dorsett, Landry, and Tex Schramm)

<sigh> I miss my old Cowboys...

EDIT: Shit. I just realized that I confused a kicker with a punter. I just thought "kicks the ball", and remembered the glory days. Oh well.

[StaggerLee]

28. Danny White

He QB'd as well.

Man those were the days.

[Twillig]

29. Joe Don Looney

"How'd you like that one, God?"
Joe Don Looney, talented running back who could also kick, after sending up a sixty-yard punt during a practice session with Baltimore Colts.