Kicker says Colorado treated her like 'meat'

ESP(i)N ^ | 8/22/03 | AP

[Diddle E. Squat]

"I can be as feminine as I want, but that doesn't take away from me contributing on the field," she told the newspaper.

Hnida, 22, dressed but never got into a game during two seasons as a walk-on....

What contributions, she never played?

Oh, wait...

Hnida became the first woman to compete in a Division I-A football game when she attempted an extra point last Dec. 25 in the Lobos' 27-13 loss to UCLA in the Las Vegas Bowl. The kick was blocked.

[irish guard]

Treated like meat? Too bad...poor baby...welcome to football sister!

[irish guard]

I forgot to add....why should she get special treatment when lineman or linebackers don't?

[Diddle E. Squat]

Hnida told the newspaper she was "called names that are not repeatable" many times during the 1999 season -- her final one at Colorado.

Cussing in a football locker room? Meanness in competition in the most violent sport we play? Why I never heard of such a thing...

She does a terrible disservice to all the truly gifted female athletes out there. All she is doing is reinforcing several stereotypes.

[over3Owithabrain]

He said Hnida might be sent into a game this season "if the right time appears," but said, "we're not going to manufacture anything."
Huh?? Isn't waiting for the right time (where it won't hurt score-wise) to use a kicker you don't really need manufacturing?

[Mr. Jeeves]

"Because I'm a pretty feminine gal, and they didn't respect that about me."

You force your way onto a men's team, then complain that no one respects you?

[Guillermo]

Everyone on a football team will be subject to dirty talk, razzing and hazing.

Why is she complaining about the treatment that everyone else gets?

[b4its2late]

Think New Mexico will let her kick in a game? Probably not.

[CaptRon]

She's 0 for 1 in the kicking department, one coach says she wasn't a very good kicker and another has to find just the right moment for her to play.

Can someone tell me why she's taking up room on the roster?

[chance33_98]

What, no pics?

[Bikers4Bush]

Girls should not play football with guys.

Let them start their own leagues.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Now this was a good field goal kicker:

[Diddle E. Squat]

see post #12

[ClearCase_guy]

"To this day, if a football flies by my head, sometimes I just (flinch)."

Well, wouldn't most college and professional football players say the same thing? Oh, they wouldn't? And they wouldn't cry Boo Hoo when someone calls them names? Hmmmm. Maybe she just doesn't have what it takes. Take up pottery, sweetie.

[July 4th]

[Vigilantcitizen]

"Everyone on a football team will be subject to dirty talk, razzing and hazing."

Damn right. Try being a walk on at 5'7", 130 pounds with the first name of Kermit.

Being a safety-cornerback, at least I could get some payback.

[Hatteras]

I'll have to see the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition before I can make any real judgement about her strengths and weaknesses..

[Howlin]

I guess she never saw North Dallas Forty, huh?

[BSunday]

Hnida became the first woman to compete in a Division I-A football game when she attempted an extra point last Dec. 25 in the Lobos' 27-13 loss to UCLA in the Las Vegas Bowl. The kick was blocked.

BUWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[Charles Henrickson]

Give 'em a foot. . . .