WHEN YOU CAN’T SEE
Duffy Daugherty, for many years the football coach at Michigan State University, tells of Dave Kaiser’s winning field goal against UCLA. The game was in Los Angeles and the field goal gave Michigan St. a 17-14 victory. As Dave Kaiser came back to the bench to meet the roaring enthusiasm of his teammates, Coach Daugherty said; “Nice going, Dave, but I noticed you didn’t watch the ball after you kicked it. How come?” Kaiser replied, “You’re right coach, I didn’t watch the ball. I was watching the referee to see how he would call it. You see, I forgot my contact lenses. They are back at the hotel. I couldn’t even see the goal posts!” Coach Daugherty was shocked and at first very angry that Kaiser had not told him about his contact lenses. But after he thought it over he changed his mind entirely. Why shouldn’t Kaiser kick without his contact lenses? He was a disciplined kicker and had…
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