Arizona State fell into a first-half hole against Cincinnati and wasn’t about to climb out on Saturday.
After the 24-14 loss, coach Kenny Dillingham went off on kicking. Ian Hershey was 0-for-2 on field goal attempts.
Hershey missed wide left on attempts from 48 and 41 yards, respectively.
“You know you hope you can make a kick one of those, but our kicking game is atrocious,” Dillingham said. “If you can kick and you’re at Arizona State, email me. We’re going to have kicking tryouts on Monday. Seriously, let’s go. We’re going to put it out on social (media).”
“If you can kick and you’re at Arizona State, email me. … I’m dead serious.”
Arizona State coach Kenny Dillingham is looking for some special teams help 👀
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— The Athletic CFB (@TheAthleticCFB) October 19, 2024
Once Dillingham had a chance to cool if he took to social media to apologize.
I would like to apologize in my post game press conference I talked about our kicking game like I do offense / defense. However the kicking game is always directed at one player. I should not have done that and I apologize. This team’s losses will always 100% fall on myself.…
— Coach Dillingham (@KennyDillingham) October 19, 2024