Win a halftime contest… become the team’s starting kicker

Apparently that’s what may happen down at Texas Tech to a student named Matt Williams if you can believe it. Apparently he was involved in one of those “fan field goal” competitions at halftime during the UMass/Texas Tech game. You’ve seen them before, the type of competition where fratboys and fat drunks are out on the field hopelessly attempting to put a ball through the uprights to win whatever prize the team has brought out this week. They do them in the NFL too.

But apparently there was something different about Mr. Williams. His 30 yard field goal was so good that not only did he win a free month’s room and board (the contest’s original prize), but he may also have won himself a spot on the Texas Tech team as the number 1 kicker.

For those that don’t know Texas Tech’s kicking unit has been pitiful this year, making only about 50% of all Field Goals and has missed 6 PATs so far this year. They’re bad, so bad that a guy from out of the stands has now shown them up in the eyes of their coach. So bad that the team has already asked the NCAA about Williams eligibilty and gotten confirmation that the recent transfer student is infact eligible. So bad that Williams has been confirmed to be traveling with the team this weekend. So who knows, next week if you see Matt Williams on TV kicking PATs for Texas Tech or making his first collegiate field goal, just remember, it could have been you. Had you just taken that halftime contest seriously rather than acting like a drunken jackass.

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