Henrique Ribeiro was as automatic a field-goal kicker as one could be to start the 2014 season for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team.
Then things went mental.
After making the first 12 field-goal attempts of his college career, Ribeiro finished the season by making four of his final 10, including one of five in the postseason. He missed all three attempts against Indiana State, and then after making a 37-yarder in the FCS quarterfinal he missed his next attempt.
His four postseason misses all came from within 30 yards.
But the problem for Ribeiro had become mental much earlier than the postseason. It started during the midst of the streak, and as it got closer to former Moc Matt Vick’s Southern Conference record of 13 consecutive makes during the 2000 season, the pressure mounted.