Zach Hintze FG

[TW]

I remember when Hintze came to the Badgers. He could kick the ball through the end zone. He became our "kick off specialist." The job of actually kicking FGs belonged to others. He was, as Chryst dubbed him, our "long field goal kicker."

Over his four years, he didn't have a try until last year. He missed that kick. The 62 yard bomb on Saturday was only his second try of his college career. But, wasn't it one helluva a kick? The longest in Badgers history. Second longest in Big 10 history, I believe? Also, the longest for any team during this 2019 season. He's in the record books, and now part of Wisconsin lore. He'll be remembered as, "That blonde head kid from Fond Du Lac, who kicked the living hell out of the football on day in Madison."

Making it so special is the fact that his Mom & Dad were there for Senior Day, and honored on the field with their Senior sons. They will have something to look back on as they grow older, and smile when they remember the day that their son Zach became part of Wisconsin's football history, on a special day, and the last game he'd ever play in Madison, as a Badger.

 

[Mark87]

I remember when Hintze came to the Badgers. He could kick the ball through the end zone. He became our "kick off specialist." The job of actually kicking FGs belonged to others. He was, as Chryst dubbed him, our "long field goal kicker."

And it was pure stupidity to waste a talented leg as this on the sidelines. He was an outstanding HS kicker who holds the state HS record at 61 yards. Doesn't speak well to PC and his staff at all.

 

[GBP4EVER]

And it was pure stupidity to waste a talented leg as this on the sidelines. He was an outstanding HS kicker who holds the state HS record at 61 yards. Doesn't speak well to PC and his staff at all.

Agree I wonder if he questions going to UW and being wasted there instead of being able to go to anohter school were he could have kicked. IMO he was better then Larsh and should have been given a chance even before that to try to win kicking job.

 

[TW]

I questioned it a couple of times in the past. I thought he should have been given a shot at it. The only problem I had was that I didn't have an opportunity of watching him kick in practice, so I don't know what they saw that kept him off the field.

Years ago, I had a kid on one of my teams who could kick the ball through the end zone, kick after kick. at 15, he could kick it straight between the uprights at 45 yards, at least 75% of the time, even into moderate and cross winds. When you practiced with a defense against him, and he had to get under the ball more, things didn't go so well. His kicks were all over the place.

The problem was his trajectory, and the fact that Dad had taught him that distance was all that mattered, don't worry about height. I worked with him, and had him work on it all summer, but he kept coming back with a low trajectory. Despite my asking him not to do it, Dad would take over "teaching him" all summer long, and he'd come into camp with the same problem. Since it didn't change, he didn't do any kicking for us. I had a kid who got the ball up in the air, and was accurate up to 35-40 yards, and that consistency is what we needed. I did use the long kicker though for kickoffs. Of course his Dad called me just about every name he could when his son graduated from high school.

Regardless, I think it's great that he made it into the record book.