Kirk Herbstreit calls out Oklahoma kicker for wearing short shorts vs. Tennessee
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Football players like to joke that kickers aren’t actually part of the team. Most are unique characters (which may be a generous description). We don’t know how Kirk Herbstreit treated his kicker when he was at Ohio State. But if it is in any way like he has teased Oklahoma‘s Tate Sandell on Saturday night, it may not have been the best relationship.
Sandell, the Sooners’ junior kicker, doesn’t wear typical pants during games. They’re cut off high above the knee, on his thighs. During the first half of Oklahoma’s game against Tennessee, Herbstreit suggested Sandell should be penalized for sporting such short pants.
“He’s got his, like, short shorts on,” play-by-play broadcaster Chris Fowler said ahead of a long field goal try. “That’s no longer frowned upon.”
“I guess not. It is by me,” Herbstreit chuckled. “That should be a penalty… just dressing like that should be a penalty… [is he] wearing shorts out there?”
Sandell’s attire may not be for everyone, but his success in it is undeniable. He entered Saturday’s action having missed just 1 kick on 15 tries this season. That’s good for a 93.3% field goal percentage, which tops the SEC. It’s just his first year in Norman, but he has rewritten Oklahoma’s kicking record book.
The Sooners lead the Volunteers 23-17 late in the third quarter of their Week 10 matchup.
