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Upton

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11. You might be right about the steel..

Reply to hughee99 (Reply #10)

Tue Sep 11, 2012, 06:56 PM

Sep 2012

I see Dempsey claimed the shoe was x-rayed. Shoes such as his wouldn't be allowed in today's NFL however...meaning his share of the record means about as much as a record low ERA from the dead ball era..

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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