well he had half a foot, so maybe the fractions and ratios evened out
" Even on TV, CBS announcers Don Criqui and Johnny Sauer were chortling over it. Scarpati, the holder, moved back an extra yard for his placement, eight yards behind Jackie Burkett, a linebacker and the team's long snapper. Scarpati did this on his own, unbeknownst to Dempsey, to give the ball extra space to clear the onrushing linemen. Scarpati didn't know how far the attempt was from, either. There was no time to think about it. "I think if we knew it was 63 yards, we all might've gotten tight," Scarpati said.
The 6-1, 265-pound Dempsey was a kicker inside an offensive lineman's body. He couldn't run well, but he probably flattened more people on returns than any kicker in history. When he swung his leg forward and smacked the ball with his blunt block of a right shoe, it was like hitting it with a sledgehammer. Some people in the league, notably Tex Schramm of the Cowboys, had complained the shoe was illegal because it gave Dempsey an unfair advantage. "I didn't have a regular shoe because I didn't have a regular foot," Dempsey said.
Karras admitted later he made only a half-hearted attempt to block the kick, and to this day Joe Schmidt believes Karras could've batted it down if he'd gone all out. "Hey, God bless the guy. He made it," Schmidt said. "It teaches you a lesson. You're never out of it. You always have a chance."
http://www.nydailynews.com/archives...ield-goal-today-talking-kick-article-1.697182
...of course it effects other kickers too....but couldn't resist.
