I know most of you have watched a lot  football and are familiar with the opposing team calling a timeout to “ice” the kicker during a game ending field goal. But I observed something last night that the kicking team should probably do more of and that’s to call a timeout but instruct the long snapper to still snap it so that the kicker could get a practice kick in, so that he can remove the nerves. 

The tv cameras did a close up of Ruggles’s face when Georgia called their time out and he looked SCARED. When I saw his face I was like “oh, he is going to miss this badly!” He didn’t seem confident at all. 
 

We had one timeout so maybe letting him get a practice kick in would have removed the nerves and let him get a do over. Maybe it wouldn’t mattered, but I think it would be a good practice.