Through the Uprights - Ep 1: A Tale of Two Groza Winners/The Beach Bum

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4.3 • 735 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Chapter 1: This is the story of how two different kickers used the same strategy to climb from rock bottom to become the best amateur kickers in the country. Lou Groza Award winners Alexis Serna (Oregon State Beavers) and Brad Craddock (University of Maryland Terrapins) came close to quitting for different reasons, but the way they overcame obstacles was the same. These two kickers explain the mindset of “kicking not to miss” and how it almost ruined their promising kicking careers. Chapter 2: This chapter was inspired by a conversation with former Syracuse Orange kicker Cole Murphy in the summer of 2019. In that conversation, Murphy explained that he felt all the best kickers had a “beach bum” like quality to them. The concept became the starting point for this entire podcast series. Are all great kickers like “beach bums”? Had reporter Cole Weinstein uncovered the predictive personality trait that determined whether someone could make it big as an elite college or NFL kicker? We answer those questions with the help of NFL veterans Pro Bowler John Carney (San Diego Chargers, New Orleans Saints) and Pro Football Hall of Famer Morten Andersen (New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons), whose careers each spanned over two decades in the NFL. Interviews include Alexis Serna (Oregon State Beavers), Brad Craddock (University of Maryland Terrapins), Morten Andersen (New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons), John Carney (San Diego Chargers, New Orleans Saints), Nate Kaeding (San Diego Chargers), and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following is a bonus episode of Locked On Presents through the Uprights,
0:06.1	a special podcast series about what it takes to make it as an elite college and NFL kicker.
0:12.4	Reported by Cole Weinstein and featuring interviews with Lou Groza Award winners
0:16.9	and decade plus NFL veterans.
0:20.2	Locked on Presents Through the Uprites is available now
0:23.3	wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:29.6	Imagine being a 19 year old college student
0:36.5	and you think everyone hates you.
0:38.3	Your school lost their biggest game in years, and it's your fault. In that moment, it feels like the entire world is either laughing at you or looking on with disdain.
0:50.3	Welcome to the first game of kicker Alexis Serna's college career.
0:59.2	The Oregon State Redshirt freshman missed three extra points in his first ever game.
1:04.8	To make things worse, it was a one-point road loss to the defending national champions. He makes his chip shots and the beavers start 2004 with an all-time win in the history of this underdog program.
1:13.6	As far as the fans are concerned, this freshman kicker was the reason that didn't happen.
1:19.0	It was Cerna's first game and it was in prime time.
1:22.8	This teenager failed on a national level.
1:26.5	It should have crushed him. And yet, 16 months later,
1:30.5	he was named the best collegiate kicker in the country. How did this happen? You're about to find out.
1:36.9	In a game as violent as football where top athletes fight tooth and nail for mere inches
1:42.5	in an attempt to make the other physically submit.
1:45.8	How is it possible that winners and losers, championships and dynasties, can be determined by a kicker?
1:53.3	It doesn't add up, and yet it's an essential element to the game I love.
1:58.5	I've spent the past few years fascinated by these athletes in tracking down some of the best
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