Charlie Weis, Brian Polian Discuss Kicker

Posted Oct 10, 2008
Charlie Weis and Brian Polian met with the media on Thursday evening for the final time before the team heads to Chapel Hill for its game on Saturday against North Carolina. Not surprisingly, the hot topic of conversation was the kicker situation. Charlie Weis admitted that he was hoping junior Ryan Burkhart would beat out sophomore Brandon Walker for the kicking job this week. (Irish Eyes)

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