BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The Big 12 has certainly gone Down Under to get a leg up in the punting game. Nine of the conference’s top 15 punters this season hail from Australia.

Crikey! That's a lot of booming Aussie punters, mate.

“Punting is a natural thing for us,” explained Colorado's Damon Greaves, who’s from Busselton, a small city in the southwestern corner of Western Australia. “You guys grow up throwing it. ... We grow up punting it.”

Statistically, the league's best Aussies include Finn Lappin (Kansas), Liam Dougherty (Houston), Max Fletcher (Cincinnati), Orion Phillips (Utah), Jack Burgess (Texas Tech), Sam Vander Haar (BYU), Greaves, Oliver Straw (West Virginia) and Ethan Craw (TCU).

Combined, the Australian contingent is averaging 44.1 yards per boot this season. They've also p

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