Cole Hedlund

[ADavisTheGOAT]

Anyone know how he's doing in practice?

[Ugly Uncle]

Anyone know how he's doing in practice?

He is battling for the number 2 PK spot.  Adam McFain seems to have it locked down.  Adam was killing it from inside the 40 (50 yard kick)  and missed a 52 yarder today.

[jgphillips3]

Nice problem to have.  It's a shame McFain didn't start game one last year.  We might have won 7 or even 8.  Always goes to show how valuable a good kicker is.  Hopefully him and Cole compete like hell and we have two good ones.

[HogWall Jackson]

He is battling for the number 2 PK spot.  Adam McFain seems to have it locked down.  Adam was killing it from inside the 40 (50 yard kick)  and missed a 52 yarder today.

If Hedlund can't win the job, it is a wasted schollie. We need the guy that can kick the 40 yarder in pressure situations. Plenty of guys kick from 50 in practice. Ish Ordonez may be the best pressure kicker that we ever just picked up to fill the need. He was from a California JUCO. He would have won us 2 extra games last year. Our place kicking was a serious problem last season.

[HogCzar1]

No matter who wins the job, we have to have somebody be consistent from 45 in. In addition, somebody who can consistently get it to the end zone on kickoffs.

Hopefully one of those guys can get it done.

[Prestworthy]

Wonder if Cole would make a better kick-off guy?  McFain really struggled kicking the ball into the endzone last year.

[PorkRinds]

Wonder if Cole would make a better kick-off guy?  McFain really struggled kicking the ball into the endzone last year.

That would be nice. Not out of the realm of possibility I wouldn't think.

[nchogg]

We will just have to wait and see how our new special teams coach does.

[PaintballHog]

If Hedlund can't win the job, it is a wasted schollie. We need the guy that can kick the 40 yarder in pressure situations. Plenty of guys kick from 50 in practice. Ish Ordonez may be the best pressure kicker that we ever just picked up to fill the need. He was from a California JUCO. He would have won us 2 extra games last year. Our place kicking was a serious problem last season.

This. Such a shame. He was said to be a beast in hs, I guess he can't grasp kicking with a holder. So odd.

I'm glad we have McFain to give us something tho.

[Wildhog]

Can Cole just get the ball to the endzone on KO's? 

[98hogs]

If Hedlund can't win the job, it is a wasted schollie. We need the guy that can kick the 40 yarder in pressure situations. Plenty of guys kick from 50 in practice. Ish Ordonez may be the best pressure kicker that we ever just picked up to fill the need. He was from a California JUCO. He would have won us 2 extra games last year. Our place kicking was a serious problem last season.

Ish lost that game against Houston

[HogWall Jackson]

Ish lost that game against Houston

Houston beat us some back then with some pretty good teams. I never said Ish was perfect just pretty reliable. Ish won a few for us too.

[Hogarusa]

How is having extra kickers a nice problem to have?  Seems like a wasted swing and a miss

[PorkRinds]

At some point I expect Cole will help us out in the kicking game.  It may take a bit for it to kick in, but I think he'll be fine. 

[GuvHog]

If Hedlund can't win the job, it is a wasted schollie. We need the guy that can kick the 40 yarder in pressure situations. Plenty of guys kick from 50 in practice. Ish Ordonez may be the best pressure kicker that we ever just picked up to fill the need. He was from a California JUCO. He would have won us 2 extra games last year. Our place kicking was a serious problem last season.

Ish was a good one, no doubt about it, but IMHO the best kicker the Hogs ever had was Steve Little. He still shares the record for the longest field Goal in NCAA history, a 67 yarder, with Russell Erxleben.

[tbhogfan]

I hate to say it, but the harsh reality is that scholarship placekickers who cannot beat out the walkons probably aren't going to be scholarship placekickers for long.  There are too many needs on a team to waste a scholarship on a PK who isn't producing.

[HogWall Jackson]

Ish was a good one, no doubt about it, but IMHO the best kicker the Hogs ever had was Steve Little. He still shares the record for the longest field Goal in NCAA history, a 67 yarder, with Russell Erxleben.

No doubt Little was our best ever, but I used Ish Ordonez as an example because we picked him up at the CA JUCO and he kicked 2 yrs for us starting with his 1st day on Campus. BTW there were 3 great Kickers in the SWC at the same time with Littlem Erxleben and Tony Franklin from A&M. Franklin kicked 2 FGs in 1 game over 60 yards.

Most people did not know that Little was a great H.S. QB from Shawnee Mission, KS. JFB told him that he was too valuable to the team to play him at QB risking an injury.

[ShaneHog]

That kick against Houston was blocked. Ish didn't miss it

[Paul]

Ish was a good one, no doubt about it, but IMHO the best kicker the Hogs ever had was Steve Little. He still shares the record for the longest field Goal in NCAA history, a 67 yarder, with Russell Erxleben.

Wasn't there a recent article about how these two had helium injected into their balls?  footballs that is!

[HogWall Jackson]

That kick against Houston was blocked. Ish didn't miss it

Thanks for the info, I didn't recall a Miss but didn't remember the Block either. We had some tough games with them back then. I remember the 1st one a 14-7 Win over the Cougars at Rice Stadium. Ben Cowans popped an 89 yard run out of the Veer right before the Half. We won but Houston ran the table won the SWC and went to the Cotton Bowl  their 1st year in the SWC. That was in the 76' season I think.

[PonderinHog]

That kick against Houston was blocked. Ish didn't miss it

Off Hosea Taylor's head, IIRC.  Might have been Leonard Mitchell.

[Arthur pigby sellers.]

Anyone know if Mcfain is on scholarship?

If not i assume he would get the scholarship if he wins the competition

[texas tush hog]

Anyone know if Mcfain is on scholarship?

If not i assume he would get the scholarship if he wins the competition

He may if Hedland transfers which I would not doubt would happen if he does not get a chance to kick in the games. We have not seen Hedland, so only the coaches know what's going on. Anyone who saw Henson kick against Texas A&M last year knows about that and then Henson beat out McFain at the end of the year. Does not inspire confidence in our special teams coach.

[lefty08]

He may if Hedland transfers which I would not doubt would happen if he does not get a chance to kick in the games. We have not seen Hedland, so only the coaches know what's going on. Anyone who saw Henson kick against Texas A&M last year knows about that and then Henson beat out McFain at the end of the year. Does not inspire confidence in our special teams coach.

Henson beat out mcfain?  Guess I missed that

[southeasthog]

Henson beat out mcfain?  Guess I missed that

Since Henson didn't attempt a FG or XP in the last 6 games of the season, it doesn't seem likely does it?

[ricepig]

Henson beat out mcfain?  Guess I missed that

He's finding it hard to believe that someone from Texas isn't the best.

[Arthur pigby sellers.]

He may if Hedland transfers which I would not doubt would happen if he does not get a chance to kick in the games. We have not seen Hedland, so only the coaches know what's going on. Anyone who saw Henson kick against Texas A&M last year knows about that and then Henson beat out McFain at the end of the year. Does not inspire confidence in our special teams coach.

The only info I have on the kicking competition was from a media member who watched a practice.  He wasn't too optimistic about Hedland.  Obviously the coaches see way more than we do.

[Wolfpride]

Kendall Trainor.............Did he lose any games for us?  I know he hit the game winner in the Holiday Bowl in 85.

[Hoggish1]

This. Such a shame. He was said to be a beast in hs, I guess he can't grasp kicking with a holder. So odd.

Can you explain what you're taking about ^?  I'm guessing it has something to do with a tee, but I'll hang up a listen...

[Pathogen]

Cole Hedlund = Vin Ascolese.

[bennyl08]

Cole Hedlund = Vin Ascolese.

Every year that Vin was actually on our roster, he led the team, conference, and nation in every defensive stat possible, not to mention setting a few records on offense.

[justmaybe]

The best thing about kicking for Arkansas back in the previous years with little and ordonez and trainer and others was a coach named Ken Turner. People used to come from all over to be tutored by him,,

In the heyday of Steve little and Franklin and Erxlabin there was the question of helium but the difference was the two inch tee they kicked from on field goals and they could use their own ball not the game ball. They all had these old worn balls they rooted out to the field with. That started changing when those three kickers were routinely kicking 60 years field goals. 

[TheMallettMan]

If Hedlund can't win the job, it is a wasted schollie. We need the guy that can kick the 40 yarder in pressure situations. Plenty of guys kick from 50 in practice. Ish Ordonez may be the best pressure kicker that we ever just picked up to fill the need. He was from a California JUCO. He would have won us 2 extra games last year. Our place kicking was a serious problem last season.

I met Ish Ordonez at the "Old Town" in San Diego around this time last year.  It was my anniversary and the wife and I had on Hogs shirts... we saw 2 other people in Hog shirts walking around and had to go say hi.... it was Ish and his wife.  We had a great 10-15 minute convo... SUPER GUY and a still a HOG... just a little story for ya   :razorback: