FORT COLLINS — The whole day was about to get topsy-turvy, and the conversation just set it all in motion, really.
“Coach (Ben) Larson, he kinda asked me before practice a weird question. What’s a kick you can make nine times out of 10?,” Colorado State placekicker Wyatt Bryan recalled. “I was like, ‘I don’t know, anything inside the 40 would be a reasonable kick.’ He said, ‘OK,’ and I was like, that was odd. I didn’t really think much of it.”
It was on Wednesday of last week, and in what has become commonplace for Colorado State’s fall camp, the weather was irritating coach Mike Bobo. In an effort to beat the rain, he flipped practice, with the end periods coming first, then working back down the originally planned schedule.
That put the special teams period last, and when it came time for field goal, Bryan had a challenge set forth: Make the kick, and the team doesn’t have to run.
Oh, and you’ll also get a scholarship.
“No pressure. No $60,000 kick,” Bryan quipped, giving long snapper Trent Sieg a good laugh.
Sieg knows the feeling well, picking his up two years ago, and now he’s heading into his fourth season handling those duties for the Rams.
It’s not that they didn’t feel fully part of the team, but when that step is taken, it’s a sign of trust from the powers that be.
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