Female kicker to try out at Penn State

Yahoo!Sports ^ | 7.25.02

[Willie Green]

Wow! Paterno's growing recruiting problems are far worse than I imagined.

Read the article, dead.
She's trying out as a walk-on.
Nothing wrong with that, and there's no reason to question her personal motivations.
However, Paterno has been a target of liberal jihads in the past.
If she fails to make the team, don't be surprised if the Feminazis start whining that she's the best placekicker to hit PSU since Matt and Chris Bahr.

[NittanyLion]

The Sporting News says:

And the No. 1 surprise of 2002 . . .

1. Penn State. The Nittany Lions have two solid offensive lines for the first time since '95 and a talented quarterback in Zack Mills. Their season -- whether they play for the national championship -- depends on the Ohio State game. The winner of that game will play either Tennessee or Florida State for the national title!

[tomkat]

prefacing 'football' with 'men's' is about as unnecessary
as doing the same with 'combat' should be - if this country still had a brain ...

[bok]

Do you think it's "cool" female reports are allowed in male athletes locker rooms? The feminist groups who want to integrate women into male sports is pretty sickening.

[jjm2111]

"5-foot-4, 120-pound Weimer" What happens if she gets tackled?

[gunshy]

All they will do is change the rules to disallow contact with any kicker. Lower the standards, it's good for everybody.

[tracer]

Drat. The title led me to believe that O.J. was going back to school to make a comeback....

[dead]

I checked your link.

Thanks for sharing with me the predictions of a lone college football fan, though I'll bet his roommate at Penn State thinks they'll be playing for the national championship too! 8-)

[Tallguy]

If you combine the fact that women, in general, have a lower percentage of "fast-twitch" muscle fibre (translation: less leg speed), and the fact that she's only 120-lbs, she probably won't have the range to make a major college program. So let her try out and prove me wrong...

Assuming she makes the team, I don't think JoPa will give her the kickoff duties. Many teams designate a hitman to takeout the kicker. THAT would not be a pretty sight.

[homeschool mama]

I disagree. It's my opinion that football is a mens sport and should remain so.

[Blood of Tyrants]

She gets squashed.

[yendu bwam]

Do you think it's "cool" female reports are allowed in male athletes locker rooms? The feminist groups who want to integrate women into male sports is pretty sickening.

There's no way women should be allowed in men's locker rooms. People have gone nuts. I don't have a right to walk into a women's locker room. Why not?

[jpl]

The U.S. Supreme Court has already ruled that a cripple is entitled to play on the P.G.A. Tour, so I figure it won't be long before every football team is required to have a girl on the roster.

[aglax]

Ok, that's enough "Unnecessary Roughness" bashing. I happened to like that movie and thought it was extrememly funny.

[martin_fierro]

It's a 'Burgh Thing.

[2banana]

Can boys now try out for girls teams????

[Richard Kimball]

In 1997, Liz Heaston became the first woman to score in a college game, kicking two extra points for Willamette, which was then an NAIA school.

I remember the sports stories when Liz Heaston played. They did back-flips to avoid mentioning that she also missed an extra point and that a guy kicked a field goal for them. The only way you could tell was to look at the score. I think they had 23 points, which meant three touchdowns, two extra points and a field goal. I knew SHE hadn't kicked a field goal, as they didn't say dick about it. It's also possible that they scored a safety instead of a field goal, but I find that unlikely, as she only scored two extra points, and the only reason to avoid a scoring summary like they did was to keep it from being so obvious that she didn't belong on the field.

One thing I've always found funny is that the woman who should be THE poster child for the feminists is never mentioned, Shirley Muldowney. Four time top fuel dragster world champion, competing against men head to head, and NOBODY bent over backwards to give her a break. Problem is that car racing is a redneck sport, and it goes against feminist doctrine that a bunch of rednecks would say, "You wanna drive? Cool. If you can handle it, get out there." Kind of goes against PC doctrine to admit that the biggest reason women can't compete with men in most sports venues is that they aren't good enough.

However, if this girl's good enough to make the team on her ability, great. Just don't give her a free ride and claim it as proof that women can compete with men.

[ThreeYearLurker]

Hold on NittanyLion!

That wasn't the Sporting News talking, but it was a "Fan's View" letter. Good luck in '02, but the guy that wrote this is on some heavy meds if he thinks Boston College is better than Miami, Kansas State is the tops in the Big 12, and USC is the best team in the Pac 10. I'd say, find a better source.

[NittanyLion]

Thanks for sharing with me the predictions of a lone college football fan

LOL. I think it's implied that, by publishing that opinion, TSN is trumpeting it as their own. If not, they should be. Those Nittany Lions are poised for a Nat'l Title run.