Kidman picks up where Bohn left off
If the name Dane Kidman was unfamiliar prior to Saturday’s football game against the University of Utah, remember it for the future.
“Dane played really well,” said USU coach Mick Dennehy. “We kind of expected that he would. He is a very good kicker.”
After sitting out his freshman year as a redshirt, Kidman only played one game in the 1999 season where he kicked a 44-yard field goal against Stephen F. Austin. During the 2000 season Kidman watched the game from the sidelines behind Brad Bohn.
Nothing short of nerves was expected from Kidman Saturday night.
“I was pretty nervous when I first got out there,” Kidman said. “I knew when I got my first kick I would calm down a little bit and I did.”
“He came in under the circumstances and played very well in a big football game,” Dennehy said.
Kidman first saw action in as the Aggies attempted a 27-yard field goal just three minutes into the game.
Following the successful kick, Kidman didn’t have much time to celebrate as he kicked his first kickoff, a 65-yarder to the Utes.
“I immediately started worrying how I was going to do on that [the kickoff],” Kidman said.
During an almost identical situation in the second half, Kidman again kicked a successful field goal, this time from 37-yards out.
He again kicked a 65-yard kickoff to the Utes.
“I look at every single goal as a game winner,” Kidman said. “I’d like to make every single one.”