All you had to do was watch one game of the 2018 Iowa football season before realizing the punting game was absolutely terrible.
Redshirt junior punter Colten Rastetter just wasn’t getting it done in a year where he averaged just 38.9 yards per punt using an increasingly common (in college) rugby style punt, which has its own set of issues. While it gives the special teams unit more time to make it down the field, it lends itself to a few more issues like shanked punts or like what happened against Mississippi State. Late in the first quarter with the Hawks on their own 35-yard line, Rastetter punted the ball about 8 feet above the ground and it was picked out the air by the Bulldogs.