Nobody cheers for the punter like fans in Iowa. Tory Taylor brought the Kinnick faithful to their feet every time the punting unit came onto the field. The Hawkeyes seem to have found their heir apparent to the Ray Guy winner.
Freshman Rhys Dakin already has a Big Ten special teams’ player of the week award under his belt. But against Northwestern Dakin downed four punts inside the Wildcats six. And that special teams magic we all witnessed during Taylor’s tenure started to energize the crowd.
“It gets me going, I was jumping around.” Dakin said…