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7. Akers is a local kid from Tates Creek High School

Reply to cherokeeprogressive (Original post)

Tue Sep 11, 2012, 09:14 AM

Sep 2012

Dempsey kicked his in heavy air in Tulane's old stadium. He was born with a club right foot, his kicking foot. The shoe was not a problem. Still ranks as the best for me.
That man overcame a handicap for his kick.
All of those are unreal.

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Akers joins the 63 Yard Club. [View all] cherokeeprogressive Sep 2012 OP

Akers should hold the record by himself.. Upton Sep 2012 #1

Yeah, but all those others InternalDialogue Sep 2012 #2

The record should belong to Matt Bryant alone. Akers made the kick in a game with replacement refs. fishwax Sep 2012 #3

Not really.. Upton Sep 2012 #5

it's silly to claim that a kick in an official game in a regular stadium somehow shouldn't count fishwax Sep 2012 #6

An ESPN sports science investigation concluded Dempsey's shoe hughee99 Sep 2012 #8

I remember the study.. Upton Sep 2012 #9

Take a square faced steel mallot out to your local football field hughee99 Sep 2012 #10

You might be right about the steel.. Upton Sep 2012 #11

He kicked a 63 yard field goal using legal equipment, hughee99 Sep 2012 #13

Great kick. I saw all the record kicks aside from Dempsey's fishwax Sep 2012 #4

Akers is a local kid from Tates Creek High School era veteran Sep 2012 #7

I'm With You ProfessorGAC Sep 2012 #12