Pig Skin Puzzler Answer Incorrect!

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Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:03:05 +0000
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I’ve been waiting to see if an addendum would be posted regarding the correct answer to the Pig Skin Puzzler (10-19-09). If you forget the question you can read it here…

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Anyway, according to Ray and Tom the answer was

RAY: Here’s the answer. A team with no place kicker cannot score an odd number of points.

TOM: Why not?

RAY: Well, because touchdowns are six points. And the extra points that a team with no place kicker can score are two points.

TOM: Ohh.

RAY: They can’t score a one-point extra point, and they can’t kick field goals which are three points. So do we have a winner?

TOM: The winner this week is John Kaye from Seattle, Washington. And for having his answer selected at random from among all the correct answers that we got, John will get a $26 gift certificate to the Shameless Commerce Division at cartalk.com, with which he can get a four pack of our new Car Talk reusable shopping bags.

RAY: Congratulations, John!

This is 100% false… a team can score an odd number of points without a place kicker. A quarterback or any player I suppose can dropkick the football between the uprights after scoring a touchdown earning them 1 point.

The last time this was attempted was by Doug Flutie of the New England Patriots in 2006.

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