punterhood

Just as Matt Payne’s foot was starting to get cold, his head coach’s voice distracted him, yelling at him to run out for kickoff. Payne, just a freshman, quickly ran onto the field but slipped a little. Questioning looks from his teammates were met with a puzzled referee holding the ball. They must have never seen a kicker kick without a shoe on. The confused referee asked him, “What are you doing Matt? You need to go put a shoe back on.”