Ohio State band member gets tryout with football team after hitting 55-yard-field goal

224 shares By: Nina Mandell | December 28, 2016 10:55 am Follow @ninamandell It started as a bet with the loser buying the winner Chipotle. Austin Brizee, a junior who plays in the Ohio State marching band, bet a friend that he could make a 55-yard field goal kick. It seemed like a safe bet for his friend: Brizee had never kicked a field goal until this week. He played soccer, baseball and golf in high school. And he’s watched from the sidelines of the Buckeyes’ games during his two years with the marching band. But when faced with the possibility of free burritos, he just went for it. “I kept going back and kept on going back and finally hit the 55-yard one and (my friend) so happened to get it on film,” he said. “But we were just out there having fun.” And it might have gotten him…

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