A pair of Australian punters will take the field when TCU and Georgia meet in Monday’s national title game, exponents of what become one of college football’s most prolific pipelines
The chant, a staple from American sports fans, started to rise from the stand during a college football game one Saturday afternoon in Iowa.That chant often honors superstars playing the more glamorous positions on the gridiron. But the recipient of such affection on this day was neither a quarterback nor a wide receiver.Tory Taylor played perhaps the pivotal role in Iowa’s 7-3 victory against South Dakota State on 3 September.
Two of them will face each other in the College Football Playoff championship game on Monday night at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. Georgia’s Brett Thorson, another Melbourne native, will oppose Texas Christian’s Jordy Sandy from nearby Traralgon. A third, Ohio State’s Jesse Mirco from Fremantle, played in the semi-finals.
Taylor – who ranked second in yardage and fourth in punts – made the Associated Press’ All-America second team. Another Melbourne native, Cincinnati’s Mason Fletcher, was a third-team All-American after finishing sixth in punting average . Fletcher, whose father played Australian rules football in the Australian Football League for 23 seasons, also was the American Athletic Conference’s special teams player of the year.
“It’s altogether different when it comes to the quick punts, roll punts and the short-range punts,” said Mirco, who finished his second season with the Buckeyes. “I still learn every day while I’m here.” “There’s a perception that the Australians come across and just do Aussie kicks and do them on the run. It’s none of that.
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