What is the best sound effect you hear during a football game?
There are a ton of solid ones but one of my favorites will always be the double-thud of a blocked kick.
Notre Dame put together their list of the ten best blocked kicks in program history. Before we discuss, simply enjoy the ten kicks first.
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I wasn’t around for two or three, born too late to enjoy those live. Watching the Crable block against Michigan is great because it’s the first of a pair of field goals to break Michigan’s hearts two years in a row, but the launching off of a teammate to do it looks so foreign compared to rule changes since.
The Glenn Earl block against Air Force was just silliness as well, especially considering he was supposed to be playing back, protecting against a fake. For being far from a great the 2000 squad was incredibly fun, even if incredibly frustrating at times, too.
My favorite on the rest of the list may have to be when a young Reggie Brooks almost takes the ball from the punter himself. He doesn’t have to lay out or anything, just tap the kick away, go run into the end zone to recover it and score. Blanton’s against Utah is very much the same, it just happened to have a perfect hop for the scoop-and-score.
Fun list.