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Updated: 17 October 2012 | 9:00 am in Hawkeye Football, Iowa Hawkeyes, Sports, The Hlog by Mike Hlas

On Tuesday night, Iowa’s Mike Meyer became the national-leader in field goals per game

A Rajin' Cajun fell from No. 1 to No. 2

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Mike Meyer with one of his four field goals at Michigan State (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)

Say what? Iowa didn’t have a game on Tuesday. And never has.

Well, Louisiana-Lafayette did. It played Dan McCarney’s North Texas team in Denton, on ESPN2. Not everyone was watching the debate or the ALCS Tuesday night.

Anyway, ULL kicker Brett Baer entered the game leading FBS in field goals per game, with 2.40. That was 12 field goals in five games.

Baer’s Ragin’ Cajuns lost to the Mean Green, 30-23. Baer kicked just one field goal, lowering his average to 2.17. He is now tied with Houston’s Matt Hogan for second nationally behind …

None other than Iowa’s Mike Meyer, who has 14 field goals in six games for a 2.33 average.

Baer missed an PAT try Tuesday. That’s something Meyer hasn’t done in 12 tries. Meyer also has made his last 13 field goal tries, and is 14-of-15 this season.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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On Tuesday night, Iowa’s Mike Meyer became the national-leader in field goals per game
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    sanji azad said: On October 17, 2012

    A harbinger of glad tidings. And Mike, please use your powers to make sure Iowa NEVER plays a regular season game on any day but Saturday. We all love televised college sports, but Tuesday night college football? I don’t think so.

    Meyer has been amazing. Not only is he statistically the nation’s leading kicker, he’s done it under constant pressure and in some of the worst of weather conditions without so much as a blink. Iowa’s scoring offense has largely been Mike Meyer. Can’t say enough good things about the young man. Let’s hope his success continues, but that the Hawkeyes will start scoring more TDs so Mike can take a bit of a break. Congrats on being No. 1 in America.

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    sanji azad said: On October 18, 2012

    In this political season, I have a follow-up, if I may:

    And that is, Mike Meyer arrived at Iowa WITHOUT a scholarship. But Aussie Johnny Mullings, by way of Ottumwa, arrived WITH one. Are we simply to take this as another example of the truism, “Life isn’t fair,” or is there more to the story? I mean, what explanation does the Iowa coaching staff have for what appears to be an inexplicable error?


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