Immediately after Baltimore Ravens kicker Billy Cundiff shanked what would have been a game-tying field goal in the 2012 AFC Championship Game on Sunday, my immediate reaction (and I can only assume, the immediate reaction of a million other football fans) was to say, "A Ray Finkle special!" Less than 24 hours later, some brave souls have taken to YouTube and taken the Finkel comparisons to their logical conclusion.
VIDEO: Taking The Billy Cundiff Jokes To Their Logical Conclusion
Bill Hanstock is a writer, author and Emmy Award-winning producer. He began writing for SB Nation in 2011.
“Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” may be dated and strange now, a sort of prototype for overplayed 1990s memes that are now a parody of themselves a la Austin Powers and the like, but if nothing else, the franchise has given sports fans “Ray Finkle.” There will never exist a more perfect term for a crucial shanked field goal.
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