Kick me now

In the Penn football team's four Ivy losses, it hit one field goal in six attempts.

The Quakers lost those four games by eight points.

Needless to say, kicker was a major concern for Penn going into the 2007 season, and looking at the roster, that's quite obvious. The Quakers brought in three new kickers -- sophomore A.J. Nobile and freshmen Trevor Charlston and Dave Kuncio.

"We've got three or four kickers competing right now -- we brought in three freshman kickers, which is unheard of in the same class -- but we have to have it resolved and they're having a fierce competition," head coach Al Bagnoli said.

If you look on the depth chart, starting wide receiver Braden Lepisto is the also the starting kicker, with senior Derek Zoch as the backup. But according to Bagnoli, this couldn't be further from the truth.

Lepisto will focus on receiving, and will be the third option on gamedays. That means the other four guys should battle it out. There is no frontrunner, according to Bagnoli, but if I had to take a stab in the dark, I'd say Kuncio is a slight favorite. At Bergen Catholic he was first-team All-State in New Jersey in 2005, and also was twice named the second-team All-State kicker. Like Charlston, in addition was the captain of his high school team.

More options:
If a four-kicker battle isn't enough, here's a few more options for a 8-player, three-round bracket

5. Lepisto
6. My freshman brother, Max. He's never played real football before, but can still hit 40-yarders.
7. Men's soccer defender Keith Vereb. The 6-foot-2 senior's got a nice leg, and for a guy who broke his front tooth while going up for a header two years ago (he also scored the game-winning goal), he's definitely tough enough to make a tackle or two on a kickoff.
8. David Whitehurst. Recently back in school, he was a prolific two-sport athlete in basketball and track - might as well try him at kicker.