At Nippert Stadium a lanky ambidextrous punter whose home is over 21 hours away hangs with another young man who often views him upside down and a third whose claim to fame began as a joke.
Together they form one of the more experienced units around as the University of Cincinnati football team prepares for its Big 12 debut this fall.
Junior Mason Fletcher has followed in the Australian footsteps of James Smith who was here before him. Smith was most recently with the CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders, while "Fletch" could live on in the NFL soon.