Duffy Daugherty, former football coach for Michigan State University, likes to tell the story of the UCLA game in which Dave Kaiser took Michigan to victory with a field goal kick.

After Kaiser made the field goal, Daugherty had a little talk with him. He congratulated him on making the point, but asked him why he didn't keep his eyes on the ball to see it through to completion. Kaiser was totally honest with his coach; he said that he had forgotten his contact lenses and was unable to see the goal posts. That was why he hadn't been looking at the ball when it went through. On hearing this, Daugherty's first impulse was to get angry with Kaiser. Going through the whole game without being able to see clearly was risky at best. But Daugherty was not given to snap judgments. After thinking it over, Daugherty decided that there was nothing wrong in Kaiser's actions. Kaiser had been trained so thoroughly to kick that ball through the goal posts that it seemed natural for him to do it even when he couldn't see the goal. Months of practice and discipline had left Kaiser prepared for this situation.