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Abtin Iranmanesh: Ponch is back for more
Abtin Iranmanesh: Ponch is back for more
By Brent Wiseman
Staff Writer
Date: Aug 17, 2004

When Abtin Iranmanesh collected his sheepskin last May, the punter nicknamed "Ponch" was fairly positive his football career was over. Now, thanks to some last-minute scholarship shuffling by head coach Bobby Johnson, Iranmanesh is back as a graduate school student and a fifth-year senior on the football team. For sure, his already-unlikely story has taken yet another bizarre twist.

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