Blake O'Neill Jersey from MSU game up for auction

Submitted by Hobo5589 on

For all people who are interested in Michigan memorabilia...

My friend pointed this auction out to me and I thought it was pretty interesting.  It is Blake O'Neills Michigan football jersey from the 2015 season, which means that this was the jersey from the infamous MSU play.  

http://www.greyflannelauctions.com/10_17_2015_Blake_O_Neill_Michigan_Wo…

It has no bids but I am curious to see if it does get one especially if any MSU fan would be willing to pay that much money to get something that was so memorable from the game.  Curious, would anyone be willing to spend any money on a rival team's piece of memorabilia that was involved with some significant game or play in which the outcome favored Michigan?  Or do you have any?  Would love to hear if people do and if they display it or just keep it in storage and pull it out as conversation pieces.

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reshp1

December 2nd, 2016 at 4:42 PM ^

Why would any Michigan fan want to drop a stupid amount of money to own something that'll remind them of one of the worst moments in recent Michigan football everytime they look at it?

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jmblue

December 2nd, 2016 at 5:20 PM ^

It's very unfair to Blake to reduce him to that one play.  He had a fantastic season otherwise.

The other thing is that, as painful as that ending was, that game ultimately didn't really make that much of a difference in our season.  If he gets off the punt and the rest of the season plays out the same, we still don't win the Big Ten.  OTOH, OSU in that scenario wins the East division, most likely beats Iowa to win the conference and quite possibly goes on to win a second straight national title.  

 

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Wolverine Devotee

December 2nd, 2016 at 4:56 PM ^

Given the known-obsession market out there, I'm betting they think an MSU fan will buy this.

I mean these are the same people who bought and wore South Dakota State shirts to an NCAA Round of 64 game at the palace because they were playing Michigan in 2013.

Hopefully Stephen M. Ross bids 3223.39 on it.




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SLS

December 2nd, 2016 at 4:43 PM ^

Minimum bid is $2500. I would be pretty surprised if an MSU fan had an extra 2.5k+ to spend on a piece of Michigan memorabilia.

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Leaders And Best

December 2nd, 2016 at 6:30 PM ^

The auction never actually claims that he wore the jersey in that particular game. It just describes last year's MSU game and lists evidence supporting that it is game worn. But it never actually specifically says which game. It is implied MSU, but I think they left that out to give them some wiggle room if they can't verify that.

EDIT: I guess they do include the date of game in the auction title, but the description is not very specific.

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M-Dog

December 2nd, 2016 at 4:52 PM ^

I saw a Michigan fan swipe the hat right off John Cooper's head at Michigan Stadium in 1993 after we shut them out when they were supposedly headed to the Rose Bowl and were going to be declared the National Champion.

If I ever see that sucker on-line, it's mine.

 

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Perkis-Size Me

December 2nd, 2016 at 4:52 PM ^

Hope O'Neill is the one selling it and making the money off of it. I remember Vincent Smith did something simialr a few years ago. He sold a bunch of nice, framed pictures of him getting tackled by Clowney, right when his helmet flew off. He probably made some good money too. 

If you're going to be infamous, you might as well make money off it. 

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BannerToucher85

December 2nd, 2016 at 5:21 PM ^

Only Jon Falk or one of the equipment managers could verify the authenticity of the jersey. As I recall it, the only jerseys the players got to keep were their bowl jerseys, but I'm getting old. Game jerseys came right back to the equipment room for laundry/repair and didn't go back out until the next game day.

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Kwitch22

December 2nd, 2016 at 5:04 PM ^

I was at the Minnesota game last year and was by the tunnel trying to get a good view of the jug. I said, "Nice kicking Blake." And he stopped walking looked at me and said the most sincere thank you, that you can hear. It seemed like he was a really appreciative nice kid, it is a shame this is what he will be remembered for. 

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