Campus Commuter

Ayers still confident in long snapper

Posted September 08th 2009 10:49:08 am by Todd Shanesy
Categories: Football

   Long snappers in football are like umpires in baseball. Nobody notices them until they mess up.
   Wofford junior Chris Cummings had a couple of goof-ups Saturday night and suddenly his name was splashed across the Tampa (Fla.) Tribune. Cummings' back-to-back hikes over the punter's head gave the lead and momentum to South Florida in an eventual 40-7 avalanche.
   From the newspaper: If there had been an official player of the game, “Cummings would have been USF’s MVP.”
   Ouch, babe.
   As far as Wofford coach Mike Ayers is concerned, it was a bad 10 minutes for Cummings and nothing more. The former walk-on has been clutch since he took the long-snapping job last season.
   “That’s the first time he’s had a bad snap since he’s been here,” Ayers said. “I have total confidence in Chris. I think he’ll be fine. He’ll probably not have another bad snap the rest of his life.”

2 comments

Comment from: jb [Visitor]
That is the correct response. Everyone makes a mistake sooner or later. Chris will learn from it and move ahead...Go Dogs.
September 08th 2009 @ 3:14 pm
Comment from: Mary [Visitor]
The Tampa Tribune writer said our punter's name was Tommie Hunter. Wonder where he got that?

September 09th 2009 @ 8:01 am

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Herald-Journal sports writer Todd Shanesy blogs about area college athletics.