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Iowa football: Studs and duds from week 5 victory over MTSU

By Andrew Wade

IOWA CITY, IOWA- SEPTEMBER 28: Defensive back Dane Belton #4 and linebacker Barrington Wade #35 of the Iowa Hawkeyes combine for a tackle during the second half on running back Jayy McDonald #21 of the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders on September 28, 2019 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. (Photo by Matthew Holst/Getty Images)
IOWA CITY, IOWA- SEPTEMBER 28: Defensive back Dane Belton #4 and linebacker Barrington Wade #35 of the Iowa Hawkeyes combine for a tackle during the second half on running back Jayy McDonald #21 of the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders on September 28, 2019 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. (Photo by Matthew Holst/Getty Images) /
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TEMPE, AZ – OCTOBER 14: Place kicker Brandon Ruiz #1 of the Arizona State Sun Devils high fives holder Michael Sleep-Dalton #36 after kicking a 25 yard field goal against the Washington Huskies during the first half of the college football game at Sun Devil Stadium on October 14, 2017 in Tempe, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
TEMPE, AZ – OCTOBER 14: Place kicker Brandon Ruiz #1 of the Arizona State Sun Devils high fives holder Michael Sleep-Dalton #36 after kicking a 25 yard field goal against the Washington Huskies during the first half of the college football game at Sun Devil Stadium on October 14, 2017 in Tempe, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /

Dud: Michael Sleep-Dalton

Normally, when a punter only has one punt, regardless of the outcome (unless it’s just an absolute disaster), we’re not going to be listing that guy as a dud, but Michael Sleep-Dalton’s listing here speaks more to how well the Iowa football team played because it was honestly tough to find many duds from yesterday’s performance.

I also could have included Keith Duncan here, but he also hit a career-long field goal, and I already made a comment about the special teams’ struggles in my observations article so I felt like adding both specialists would have been unnecessary.

Sleep-Dalton gave me flashbacks to Colten Rastetter with his 34-yard boot out of the Iowa football team’s endzone giving the Blue Raiders fantastic field position at the Hawkeye 41-yard line. Fortunately, the defense stayed strong and actually pushed MTSU back a few years and forced a punt three plays later, but against a team like Michigan, that will more than likely turn into points.

For a guy like Sleep-Dalton, who is one of the top punters in the Big Ten, I expect that punt to place the opponent on the other side of the 50-yard line.

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