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Discuss “CMU clipped by Thiel in triple overtime”

Sophomore kicker Sammy Koyl has literally been the weak leg of the Thiel College football team all season. Coming into Saturday?s game, Koyl only converted three of seven field goal attempts. Yet, for most of the season, the undefeated Cats have not needed to rely on their kicker to win games. Saturday?s game against Carnegie Mellon in the Tartans? home finale was almost an exception.

With less than a minute left on the play clock and the score tied at 28, Thiel drove the length of the field to the CMU 15, setting up a 32-yard field goal attempt. After the Tartans burned three successive timeouts, Koyl, who had already missed two field goals, had a chance to end it; he missed inches left.

The Cats eventually pulled away in triple overtime,...

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