Many times before crucial field goals, opposing coaches will call a timeout— or in NC State vs. FSU’s case, three— in an attempt to “ice” the kicker and get him to miss the kick.
FSU kicker Ricky Aguayo was iced on his second attempt of the game following a 30-yard miss earlier in the contest. He compared the strategy to what he does in video games. In the NFL, you are not allowed to call more than one consecutive timeout, in college, there is no rule prohibiting that.
When he was asked if he thinks icing is an effective technique on kickers, Aguayo said for him, it wasn’t.