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Michigan Punter Receives Death Threats On Twitter Following Botched Play
October 17, 2015 11:45 PM
ANN ARBOR, MI – OCTOBER 17: Punter Blake O’Neill #12 of the Michigan Wolverines punts the ball during the first quarter of the college football game against the Michigan State Spartans at Michigan Stadium on October 17, 2015 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Spartans defeated the Wolverines 27-23. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
By Dan Jenkins
@DanTJenkins
Whenever something dramatic happens in sports there’s always an equally dramatic reaction from fans. Sometimes that reaction gets out of hand.
Michigan punter Blake O’Neill must be feeling the weight of the world on his shoulders after
fumbling the football on the last play of the game against the Michigan State Spartans on Saturday night — a play that cost the Wolverines the game.
Social media isn’t making him feel much better, as many fans voiced their displeasure with the 22-year-old Australian. O’Neill received ire and even some death threats on Twitter following the game.
S/O to
@blakewoneill for losing the game for us
pic.twitter.com/T51BQhJUyp
— Shane Neal (@Shane13Neal)
October 17, 2015
@blakewoneill quit the team
— Anthony (2-3) (@anthonytavano18)
October 17, 2015
As pointed out on
College Spun, one Twitter user — @TheEricTaylor1 — suggested O’Neill have a less-than-savory postgame drink stating “@blakeoneill go to the equipment room and start chugging that bleach my friend.”
User @jaaake_f1 said “jump off of a cliff into a pool of spikes and cyanide” and that “you might as well cut your hands off,” according to
Mlive.