In College Football, the rule for a missed field goal to the kicker's left is called wide left and conversely wide right if it misses to the kicker's right. It is described as short if it is aimed correctly but does not have the distance to go over the cross bar.
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no, they may opt to kick the field goal early to try to beat the clock expiring or to avoid potentially turning the ball over and losing posession. But if they miss, the ball goes over to the other team.
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Yes, the defense can return a missed field goal for a touchdown. However, the touchdown would be credited to the special teams and not to the defense since a field goal is considered a special teams play. The TD would be considered under the heading 'return of a missed field goal' and not a blocked kick nor punt return.
The last time the LSU Tigers beat the Arkansas Razorbacks in football was November 29, 2009 in Baton Rouge, LA, 33-30 in ot. Kicker Alex Tejada missed a Field goal in the last seconds to send the game to ot. Arkansas won the coin toss and Played offense first. Alex Tejada missed another field goal. Then, LSU kicker Josh Jasper made a field goal to win the game for the Tigers. That was the last time the tigers beat the Razorbacks. Hopefully, it will be many more years before they beat them again.
It is about a 14 yard field goal.