Who is he? Aponavicius is the senior kicker for the Boston College Eagles. Aponavicius is currently 35 of 51 on field goals for his career and is the ACC's active scoring leader. He took over for the inconsistent Ryan Ohliger back in 2006 after Ohliger was suspended for getting into a fight at a bar. His first game against Virginia Tech he hit both field goal attempts and kicked a career-long (at that time) 37-yard field goal to win the Music City Bowl over Navy later that same season.
Why do we like him? Sid Vicious, as his teammates call him, didn't go to BC on a scholarship because he had never played football until his first day of practice at BC. A high school soccer player, Aponavicius painted his face and cheered from the stands as a freshman in Chestnut Hill until he was spotted kicking field goals at Alumni Stadium for fun by a graduate assistant to the football program. A week later, he tried out and was welcomed to the team. If you can't cheer for a fan basically living the dream of any fan and playing for the team he cheered for, then I don't know what to tell you. Besides, it's fun to hear Brent Musberger mispronounce his last name three different ways.
photo courtesy of Boston College Athletics website
3 comments:
On the other hand Boston College sucks.
Having attended BU for one year, I don't stand by the "we" in the above post, even if he's a good story. I do vouch for Jason's comment, though.
Also, he should have used Proactiv before the team photoshoot.
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