squib kick


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squib kick

n. Football
A kickoff in which the ball is kicked low so that it will bounce along the ground, making it difficult to field and return.
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Much and too much was made of Oklahomas botched squib kick before halftime, but the facts remain that to make that squib costly, Georgias Tae Crowder had to field the thing like a good shortstop 12 yards from its origin, and Fromm had to hit Godwin precisely at the sideline for nine yards, and Rodrigo Blankenship had to nail a whoa 55-yard field goal.
Cottage Grove scored to open the second half and then recovered a squib kick that bounced off the Indians' front line, leading to Giffen's touchdown reception.
A squib kick gave Clinton the ball on its own 40, and Meunier immediately set the tone for the Gaels' march to their first score with a 7-yard pickup, carrying several Lunenburg defenders the whole way.
West Boylston then experimented with a squib kick on the ensuing kickoff, recovering the first of three loose balls by the Wolverines -- two on squib kicks.
Lowell recovered its own squib kick to retake possession, and this needed just three plays to go 44 yards for another touchdown, and on and on it went.
After taking over the ball at their own 26-yard line when junior Thomas Wickham fell on a squib kick by Hudson, the Gaels promptly produced two highlight-reel plays.
Senior Michael McGillicuddy corralled a squib kick at the St.
Max Najarian took advantage of a long squib kick by Shrewsbury, recovering the ensuing kickoff at the Algonquin 27.
Sophomore Ben Reiffarth took the squib kick and darted 71 yards for the touchdown.
After the Aztecs began the contest with a squib kick, West Boylston/Tahanto took the ball from the Assabet 44 and drove to the 10 in six plays.
Westview got the ball at the Sheldon 45-yard line with 1:24 left to play following a squib kick by the Irish.
On the ensuing kickoff, Murdock tried another squib kick, but the Lions recovered at their 35.