Lee had at least one other punt come close to the board before the game, perhaps grazing it. He admitted that he aimed for the board a few times but wasn't sure he was trying to hit it when he actually did. That punt came near the end of his pre-game warmup routine. The ball hit near the middle of the board and bounced back toward Lee.
"I don't know if it was on purpose. I hit it," Lee said. "I think a few of them skimmed the little net. I think there were times when I tried to hit it and mis-hit the ball. But when I had a pretty good hit, it would skim the net. The main thing is it kind of hits the side of where the string hangs down a little bit. It takes a pop to get it up there."
"It's up there pretty far," Lee said. "You definitely can hit it. I think it's more of a visual thing that kind of messes with you a little bit because you can still see it. But it's really thin, so I don't think it's coming to be a big deal. I think it might get hit a couple of times but I don't think it's going to be as much as people think."
