Kangaroo Kicker (Pat O'Day) a jumping off point for Revsine's book

[Tigris Panthera]

MADISON, Wis. -- If you look under the heading of Longest Made Field Goals in Wisconsin football history, you will find these entries in the pre-modern era:

62 (drop kick) by Pat O'Dea vs. Northwestern, 11/24/1898
60 (drop kick) by Pat O'Dea vs. Minnesota, 11/18/1899
57 (drop kick) by Pat O'Dea vs. Chicago, 11/13/1897
57 (drop kick) by Pat O'Dea vs. Illinois, 11/11/1899
55 (drop kick) by Pat O'Dea vs. Minnesota, 10/30/1887

Now fast-forward to the Longest Punts in the pre-modern era:

110 by Pat O'Dea vs. Minnesota, 10/30/1897
100 by Pat O'Dea vs. Yale, 10/21/1899
85 by Pat O'Dea vs. Lake Forest, 10/10/1896

Now take a deep breath -- like Big Ten Network's Dave Revsine did -- to process everything.

Maybe it's the parenthetical "drop kick" that piques your curiosity.

Or maybe it's the outlandish distances -- of the drop kicks and punts -- that get your attention.

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