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Alabama Football: Empty stadiums could be cure to Tide’s kicking curse

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Alabama football has a silver lining about potentially empty stadiums.

Every college football team is bound to have its weaknesses. Even a team as dominant as Alabama football has struggled. One of their biggest weaknesses has been kickers. It has almost felt like a curse. Call is a superstition if you’d like, but empty stadiums might actually be the answer.

Let’s start with a look at previous kickers and poor moments in Alabama football history. We all remember the Kick 6, but Alabama also missed multiple key kicks in their 9-6 overtime loss to LSU in 2011.