M.K. Taylor picked up his phone in the early afternoon of late 2017.
He dialed in an irregular phone number. He had to dial “011” first, the United States’ exit code, then a “61”, the country code for Australia. Then a one-digit area code and eight-digit phone number, and his phone began ringing at 2 p.m.
For Tom Hutton, his didn’t ring until 7 a.m. That time difference can be accredited to the 9,355-mile gap between the two. Taylor, Oklahoma State’s special teams analyst, resided in Stillwater, while Hutton, now OSU’s starting punter, lived in Newborough, Victoria, Australia.