In the ongoing open competition at placekicker, sophomore Craig McIntosh has won this week’s battle and will serve as the team’s placekicker against Akron.”If we went today, I think we might go with McIntosh,” Phillips said.Junior Ryan Tydlacka, who signed at Kentucky as the team’s punter, missed a pair of field goals in the first two weeks of play in addition to an extra-point attempt. Tydlacka will continue to serve as the team’s punter. On long field goals, freshman standout Joe Mansour might get a shot, Phillips said Thursday after practice. Mansour will also continue to handle kickoffs.McIntosh, who played just one year of football in high school, his senior season at Lexington Christian Academy, tried out for the team last year as won a place on the squad as the team’s kickoff specialist.Though he’s never kicked a field goal in college, he made a career-long field goal of 48 yards in high school.”He’s a warrior,” Phillips said. “He’s a warrior that doesn’t get down. He responds to your coaching. We opened up the competition up, which we have every week, and he was the most consistent guy this week.”Phillips said he expects for the highly touted Mansour to continue to compete for the job.”If we didn’t think that he could win the job, we wouldn’t have signed him,” Phillips said. “He does have a strong leg. He is going to be a great kicker in this league some day. It’s just not today.”