UTC football coach Russ Huesman watches practice.University of Tennessee at Chattanooga coach Russ Huesman wants everyone to know that he likes his kickers, Nick Pollard and Henrique Ribeiro.
“We’ve got good legs and we’ve got good kids,” Huesman said.
However, the Mocs are 11-of-18 on field-goal tries this season. And they’ve missed two extra points. If a team wins every game by 20 points, those misses don’t matter too much. But for a UTC program that has won just one of its last eight games decided by three points or less, every miss is critical.
In last Saturday’s 16-13 overtime loss to No. 9 Wofford, Ribeiro missed a 29-yard attempt in the third quarter. That wasn’t the only reason UTC lost, Huesman said, but clearly the Mocs’ kicking game can improve.
“I have a lot of thoughts about how we’re going to progress from this week and how we’re going to move forward with our kicking game,” said Huesman, whose Mocs close out their season against Elon on Saturday.