VIDEO: Watch Oregon Punter Blake Maimone Put Auburn Returner in Headlock on Late and Pointless Hit
By Adam Weinrib
We're not sure what got into Blake Maimone's breakfast before the Auburn-Oregon kickoff at the AT&T Center on Saturday night, but the Ducks' punter briefly morphed into The Miz at the tail end of one first-half return. Yes, this full headlock and rag doll toss came absurdly late. Yes, it was penalized. Now, we don't know why he decided to have his fun at an awful moment on the national stage.
Lmao Oregon Ducks punter #OregonvsAuburn pic.twitter.com/WAIoUPcjZs
— Sports Gifs & Videos (@Supreme_gifs) September 1, 2019
Ultimately, it...didn't much matter, though returner Christian Tutt probably thought he was saving his neck by stepping out of bounds. Oregon continued to pressure Bo Nix (legally), and ran away with the first half of this contest, showing that ranked Pac-12 teams can, in fact, have fun against the SEC these days.
lmao the Oregon punter pulled an older brother trying to wrestle back the controller move on the returner
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) September 1, 2019
"Give it BACK! Mom! Mom-uh! I was play-ing!"
Hey, Tennessee lost to Georgia State. Punters delivered hard hits, and punters got straight-up killed. It's Week 1. Anything's possible.