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Niyo: No worries, mate, Michigan punter is doing fine

Ann Arbor –

Don’t worry about Blake O’Neill.

He’s fine. He’s smiling. He’s even cracking jokes, a few days after his botched punt last weekend at Michigan Stadium produced one of the most dramatic — and bizarre — endings in college football history.

“It’s been very interesting, that’s for sure,” O’Neill said Tuesday as the Wolverines returned to the practice field for the first time since that excruciating 27-23 loss to the Spartans.

And for those interested in how the 22-year-old Australian would handle his newfound infamy, his 10-minute session with the media provided a healthy, heartening answer.