This is how badly North Carolina kicker Nick Weiler wanted to prove himself this season. Every weekend in the summer, he drove 15 minutes to a park outside Chapel Hill with snapper Kyle Murphy and holder Joey Mangili.
Bill Renner would meet them there, with PVC pipes in his trunk. Together, they would piece the pipes together until they stood upright: homemade field-goal posts standing 6 feet apart. Renner taught Weiler how to kick in high school, then moved to Chapel Hill to watch son Bryn play for the Tar Heels.
Still in the area, it was time for Renner to coach Weiler up all over again.