Retzlaff #8 Deseret News
“,he’s rated so low, though, is because of his passing numbers from the Cougars’ final five games last season. He threw two touchdowns to five interceptions over that stretch to end the year and twice completed under 50% of his passes.” YIKES!
And that’s from the cheerleader newpaper.
And that’s why I only have only 60% confidence in Retzlaff - but up from 40% last year.
Like Fernek and I (and some others) said last year, he will win BYU some games but definitely cost BYU a couple of games - ala Kansas and ASU.
Oh well, I am happy to be wrong. Has that happened yet?
PS Abysmal last 4 games first season, last 5 conf. games 2nd season. Seeing a pattern here.
Let’s hope they can get the Bear and Tiger show going by game 7!
Teams know your offense by the end of the season, there is so much tape, really good teams hold onto plays just for that one game. Whitt used BYU’s offense against us for years and beat BYU even when they were down 4 TDs. Really good coaches always have tricks up their sleeves for that big moment.
Having said that, Retzlaff will be a year older, knows he doesn’t have to win games with all the talent on the team, just manage that talent. I expect him to shine this year.
Yes. I hope you are correct. Part of the reason I remain skeptical is as I went through the write-up of each Big12 qb, there were way too many (like 9 or 10) that had much better stats than Retzlaff especially TD to TOs. Most of all the other qbs will be a year older too so “comparative improvement” based on added experience cancels out for the most part.
I have no stats to back it up, but Jake benefited from defense produced short field I’m guessing more than the other qbs.
I will give Jake this, he is a gunslinger and has that mentality. I hope he can even halve his “lost his mind” / forced mistakes - I’d take that.
Here’s to me being wrong and he just slays it.
Just watched The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, so fun quote to Tuco: "You see, in this world, there are two kinds of people, my friend: those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig.”
