Austin Hardin and Jorge Powell are both injured, so the Florida Gators are in dire need of a new placekicker.

So who did they call? Well, everyone, apparently.

The Gators documented their search on social media throughout the day, and there’s a dash of everything – pep talks, drills, mascots (?). Yeah, mascots.

Here’s a closer look at the wide-open Florida kicking competition that took place today:

Sometimes, you just need to laugh at yourself.

Joe Boozell has been a college basketball writer for NCAA.com since 2015. His work has also appeared in Bleacher Report, FOXSports.com and NBA.com. Joe’s claim to fame since joining NCAA.com: he’s predicted the correct national championship game twice… and picked the wrong winner both times. Growing up, Joe squared off against both Anthony Davis and Frank Kaminsky in the Chicagoland basketball scene. You can imagine how that went.

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