Mark Beech, sportswriter for CNNSI asks a question and wants help from the public to find the answer. I'm no sports guru, but half-way through the question, I already knew who he was talking about.

An interesting factoid from the Official NCAA Football Records Book: The last time a conventional (straight-ahead) place-kick was attempted in Division I-A was in 1994. There was only one straight-ahead specialist practicing his art that year, and he made 17 of 21 field goal attempts. After several lackluster tries, I've been unable to identify the brave iconoclast. Anybody out there remember?

I knew right away who this kicker was, because we went to the same school. It's none other than Virginia Tech kicker Ryan Williams. He kicked straight-on because he only had half a foot. He also was mentored by the last great straight-on kicker in the NFL, former-Redskin Mark Mosely.