January 31st, 2015 at 12:35 PM ^
Aussie punters kick ass, man.
January 31st, 2015 at 12:56 PM ^
I love watching Aussie rules football. I stayed up until 3:00 A:M to watch the Grand Final a few years back when they tied it and had to replay the whole damn thing.
January 31st, 2015 at 1:34 PM ^
Typically they can tackle too.
January 31st, 2015 at 3:32 PM ^
Aussie Rules Football players are usually much more athletic than the standard US punter. I like the trend of Aussie punters.
January 31st, 2015 at 12:37 PM ^
6th in FCS in punting last year, which would have been good for 15th in FBS. His spread/aussie style is what our (renowned) ST Coach Baxter was going to implement anyways. Such an important and under-appreciated aspect of the game, great special teams will keep teams with a first year QB and a good defense in every game.
January 31st, 2015 at 12:39 PM ^
Hopefully this can be an exciting part of the game for us again and not just potential for disaster.
January 31st, 2015 at 12:41 PM ^
Field position is critical. That Alabama punter was killer.
January 31st, 2015 at 12:44 PM ^
One of the only reason they were in that game.
January 31st, 2015 at 12:41 PM ^
Offer him a vegimite sandwich.
January 31st, 2015 at 12:43 PM ^
Disgusting. Absolutely disgusting.
January 31st, 2015 at 1:13 PM ^
Totally agree with you on that. Good on ya
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January 31st, 2015 at 1:13 PM ^
I take it that you don't come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder?
January 31st, 2015 at 1:27 PM ^
Can't you hear the thunder?
January 31st, 2015 at 6:08 PM ^
Better take cover
January 31st, 2015 at 1:18 PM ^
Heh....vegimite is certainly an acquired taste
January 31st, 2015 at 3:57 PM ^
Acquired taste. I like it.
January 31st, 2015 at 12:44 PM ^
Just checked out his Hudl highlights and he seems to kick the ball well.
January 31st, 2015 at 12:44 PM ^
Ah yes, where women glow and men plunder. Now all we need is a man from Brussels who is 6'4" and full of muscles.
January 31st, 2015 at 12:50 PM ^
Can you hear the thunder?
January 31st, 2015 at 12:57 PM ^
You'd better run, you'd better take cover
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January 31st, 2015 at 12:57 PM ^
Memories of MTV when they played music videos
February 1st, 2015 at 5:16 AM ^
Making some new lyrics there mate?
January 31st, 2015 at 12:46 PM ^
Even though they lost, Alabama’s punter looked real dominate in that playoff game against OSU.
People can downplay it, but a great punter can be a game changer.
If this guy is really good, then I hope we get him.
January 31st, 2015 at 12:57 PM ^
The spelling could use a little work though.
January 31st, 2015 at 1:23 PM ^
Punting stats?
Edit: I'll stop being lazy 62 punts 2737 yards 44.1 AVG
January 31st, 2015 at 12:59 PM ^
So does this mean the end of manball-punts?
Personally I prefer traditional punting where you the punter back there on his own and tell him to simply kick the ever-loving shit out of the ball. Kick it as far and as high as you can-nine of this mamby-pamby rugby shit and then it's fucking ON!
Our ten against their eleven and may the best special teams win!
January 31st, 2015 at 1:04 PM ^
He's a grad transfer but only played one season? Does that mean he still has 3 years of eligibility?
January 31st, 2015 at 3:54 PM ^
You get five years to complete your eligibility once you start taking classes.
It looks like he has one year of eligibility left and is already a grad student.
January 31st, 2015 at 1:15 PM ^
than giving a four year scollie to a marginal player, even if it's only a one year deal. A great punter can turn one or two games, especially the Aussie guys who can drop the ball inside the five
January 31st, 2015 at 2:43 PM ^
Exactly what I was thinking. This is essentially banking a scholly while getting a great punter for 1yr.
January 31st, 2015 at 2:52 PM ^
Yep. Even though we dont have too many schollies, this is looking like a tiny class with some spots left over, especially after things shake out over the coming months with the inevitable attrition of injuries/transfers etc. After signing day, I wouldn't be surprised if we hear that we are adding a few more 2nd tier grad transfers from elsewhere. Basically just throwing a few warm bodies at next year and hoping that you get something out of it and there is no long term cost since it's effectively a one year scholarship. I'd rather we do that than tie up more scholarships in 4 year guys who are unlikely to play.
There is the financial cost too I guess but no big deal. And probably a wash as much of that $ would have gone to walk-ons if it was still open.
January 31st, 2015 at 1:16 PM ^
+1 to everyone that mentioned Men at Work on this thread. I was humming the song as I was clicking the link to view the thread, so it was reassuring to see that I wasn't alone.
January 31st, 2015 at 1:24 PM ^
My brother-in-law is a musician and recorded a one-man-band version of Land Down Under. Check it out: http://www.last.fm/music/Lonesome+Joseph/_/Down+Under
January 31st, 2015 at 1:25 PM ^
Curious if this would use up a scholarship or not. I think some FCS teams don't do scholarships.
January 31st, 2015 at 3:08 PM ^
It could be more than this, but the Ivies don't offer athletic scholarships, I believe. Most of the rest of FCS teams have 63 scholarships for football that they can potentially divide among 85 players, so a fair number of players may be on partials. It's an interesting difference between FBS and FCS really.
January 31st, 2015 at 1:30 PM ^
especially if we have an extra scholarship come signing day. i'm a bit worried about our punting/kicking this coming year. more depth is good.
January 31st, 2015 at 1:35 PM ^
kenny allen??? i think was his name. He put punted Hagerup in warmups imo.
January 31st, 2015 at 2:14 PM ^
needed to get "punted" at times, so it was probably a good thing that Allen gave him a good kick occasionally.
January 31st, 2015 at 2:17 PM ^
A great punter is a huge asset. Don't know much about this guy, but if Harbaugh likes him, so do I.
January 31st, 2015 at 2:28 PM ^
Buckeye's punter Cameron Johnston is also Australian.
72yrd punt by @Cam_Johnston inside the 5... What a ledge #puntgamestrong @ProkickAus
— Blake O'Neill (@blakewoneill) December 7, 2014
January 31st, 2015 at 2:23 PM ^
It's a message from Harbs that we're getting Weber
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January 31st, 2015 at 2:24 PM ^
1995 First Round NCAA Tournament.
14 seed - Weber State - 79
3 seed - Michigan State - 72
January 31st, 2015 at 2:31 PM ^
Ha. The guy is Australian so you make a Down Under joke. That's so funny and original.
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January 31st, 2015 at 10:24 PM ^
I wonder -- do Aussies make "up over" jokes?
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January 31st, 2015 at 2:38 PM ^
Excellent one-year use of a scholarship. Serves the same function as "banking" the scholarship, but provides a valuable player at the same time.
January 31st, 2015 at 2:49 PM ^
Austria!
January 31st, 2015 at 2:53 PM ^
they have great success as punters in the ncaa I think osu's punter is an aussie MORE SPREAD punters yeahhhh turn down for what