What Comic-Con is to nerds, Fanatics Fest is to sports nerds.But amid all the fun, WWE superstar Cody Rhodes has to be a little red-faced after video of him attempting to kick a field goal has gone viral.And no, it wasn't because he was splitting the uprights from 50 yards.Alright, that was not stellar, but not everyone is cut out for place-kicking.I also get the sense that he had no idea he'd be trying to boot pigskins until he walked by the booth and got peer-pressured into it.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGESo, I think everyone goofing on the American Nightmare needs to take a good hard look in the mirror, because I guarantee most of us couldn't have done any better.WWE superstar Cody Rhodes' placekicking display has gone viral, and not because he'll be fielding calls from any NFL teams...or even CFL teams.
(Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Fanatics)For reasons I can't understand, placekicking seems to be the thing in sports that most people think they could jump out on the field and do.Send a 99 mph fastball into the opposite field bleachers? Probably not.Stop an Alexander Ovechkin one-timer from the right circle? Hell no.OUTKICK SPORTS CARTOON OF THE DAY: ESPYS TAKE A TUMBLEKick a field goal from 25 yards out? Not only do they think they can do it, but a lot of people are also like, "Bro, I'll do it from 45."But you won't.It's really hard to do, as evidenced by a pretty solid athlete in Cody Rhodes looking like he just learned what football was that morning.The Cody Rhodes placekicking experience shows why it's not as easy as so many people seem to think.
(Photo by Craig Ambrosio/WWE via Getty Images)Unless you did a little kicking in high school, I think we'd all be leaving that Fanatics Fest fan activation saying, "Thank god I'm not a top-of-the-roster pro wrestler, so I can go about my day with no one caring that I made an ass of myself...Hey, I think that's a Shake Shack booth over there.
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