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Ayers still confident in long snapper
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.”