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Michigan punter blames Aussie Rules background for mistake

Wednesday, Oct 21, 2015 11:01 am

Dustin Tackett

Michigan’s Australian-born punter, Blake O’Neill, thinks his background played a role in the mistake that helped lead to a last-second, come-from-behind victory for Michigan State Saturday night inside the Big House, he told ESPN’s Dan Murphy.

Here’s the link from tonight’s story on Michigan punter Blake O’Neill who owned his mistake and moved on: https://t.co/8nNmXgrk2r

— Dan Murphy (@DanMurphyESPN) October 21, 2015

Once the attempted punt was fumbled away, O’Neill tried to pick it up and kick it away, as he was taught using Aussie rules, instead of falling on the ball and hoping for a defensive stop.