Tanner Roberson: (K/WR)
SORSN: 1 for 1 PATs, 2 for 2 FGs including the game winner. Was it the shoes? It’s gotta be the shoes! SORSN learned that you had on a new pair of cleats, “magic cleats”, is this true and do you now sleep with those cleats?
Tanner: I’m beginning to think that they are magic. I don’t sleep with them yet, but I do bring them home everyday rather than leaving them in the field house.
SORSN: In most of the games that SORSN has watched, if the game comes down to a field goal… the kicker usually walks away from the team to concentrate and focus. We noticed that a lot of your team mates were surrounding you before the kick. Did this help focus on what you had to do? Would you suggest that other kickers follow your example? What did Bredwell say to you as you walked onto the field?
Tanner: It was making me more nervous, so I told them to shut-up and told them think of the kick just as any other. I’ve never been in that kind of situation before, but I would suggest a kicker to separate from the team and focus so no, don’t do what I did. Bredwell said “only 1 score to catch’em”
SORSN: What was running through your mind when Oneida decided to “ice” you?
Tanner: I really didn’t pay attention, I just tried to keep focus and make the best of the situation. But all my credit goes to the line for blocking and Woody for doing a good job on the hold.
SORSN: You had a large support group cheering for you on Friday night. Not only were your parents in the stands which they always are, but your grandparents who were visiting from Oklahoma were also in attendance (and proudly displaying Oklahoma State Univ colors – Tanner, please get them some Orange). What was the celebration like at the Roberson household following the game? Did they carry you into the house on their shoulders?
Tanner: They were really proud, but I went to 5th quarter and spent the rest of Friday night with my wonderful girlfriend Ellison.
(Don’t think by mentioning her name on SORSN that you’ll earn “bonus” points with her…but keep trying buddy)
SORSN: On an unrelated note, the area where you live, Cade Road, is said to be one of the “skunkiest” places in the world, with 140 Cade Rd being the skunk capitol. How often do skunks spray in that area? Have you ever been woken during the night to the smell of those stinky critters? Were skunks a problem in Kansas or Virginia?
Tanner: I don’t know how many times our dogs have been sprayed, and once I was driving home one night when the car was sprayed. SKUNKS were not as near a problem as what they are here.
SORSN: SORSN was recently in the Cade Road area (and as always, we smelt the linger of skunk in the air) and noticed a bed mattress positioned against a trampoline in your back yard….please tell me you weren’t trying something that you saw off of MTV’s show “Jack Ass” which specially states “Do Not Try This At Home”! Not sure if Coach Moser would appreciate his golden toed kicker doing back flips off the trampoline.
Tanner: I would never put myself in harms way during the football season……… I do that during basketball season.
SORSN: As a kicker, you’re either the hero or the big “L”, loser. Do you like this type of pressure? What or who do you contribute your “calmness” to?
Tanner: I love this type of pressure. Did I look calm? I was excited about the situation. I think if you think about missing the kick (what will happen) or lose focus you will miss it. I try to zone everything out and look at it as if it was any other kick; doing what I normally do and GOD helps me do that.