Retzlaff leaving TDS

A 7 game suspension is nothing compared to jail time, which if you believe the victim in this case, he deserves. I’m actually shocked that he would receive any punishment from BYU. I thought for sure it would be swept under the rug. 7-5 sounds about right if he leaves, 9-3 if he stays.

Does Utah believe that Retzlaff would be worse than our QB2, or do we just not want the baggage that’ll inevitably follow him?

Is there any precedent for a 7 game suspension?

In a 12-game season, 7 isn’t a round number (6 or 8 would be).

I’m just noticing that Utah is their 7th game. Seems like they’re going out of their way to suspend him for their most important game.

Is that to make sure he leaves? Or to make sure that the backups are 100% focused even if he stays? Or because it’s half+1? Or because the person in charge likes prime numbers?

If you haven’t looked at their schedule, it’s very easy. All three non-con games should be cake, then they get Cincinnati, Arizona, UCF, and West Virginia. I’d be shocked if they lose more than one of those.

Even without Retzlaff, I like them to beat TCU at home. And who knows what we’ll get from Colorado.

I think they’re 7-5 at the worst.

Of all the ways for the season to be easier for Utah, this one sucks the most. I am very much not a lawyer, and I’ve been trying to avoid touching this with a ten foot pole, but both outcomes appear to suck quite a bit.

I think BYU will be better in the long run with a new QB. They are lucky that they start with a very easy schedule, and the new QB can get acclimated. I suspect it will be Hillstead, and in the end, I think he will be more productive for BYU.

BYU does NOT handle the honor code the way it has in the past. Previously, you would be suspended for one academic year. They worked hard to ignore McMahon’s transgressions. But, something like this is very public, and they could not ignore it, but the penalty is softer than it was 15 years ago. Had this been a private issue, I doubt BYU would have done anything. I even think that BYU had wind of this for some time before it became public.

I think Retzlaff ends up at a G5 school that lacks a solid QB. I doubt there are any P4 schools that don’t have a few good QBs in place. He may also end up at an FSC school. I have nothing against the young man and wish him well.

I feel like this is a benefit to poo poo this early in the year.

I am still in rural Greece. My aunt tells me there was some attempt to blame the situation on a Ute player? Or perhaps that was a reading comprehension issue.

welp. there goes the national championship and the Heisman trophy!

Jake, just figured it out the byu is not all that!

The TSPP fan reactions to him being gone are pretty funny. When news first came out about the incident, there were two main responses. Either he didn’t do it/won’t get suspended, Or, OMG WE ARE SCREWED.

Now that he is actually gone gone (reportedly), the reaction has been, “meh, we didn’t need him anyway because mmmmkay Hillstead is actually just as good.”

The victim withdrawing the case is an entirely separate can of worms that I’m not going to touch. That said, it is so on-brand for BYU that he is still transferring because even without a formal charge or legal case, he was suspended due to honor code violations.

I don’t think he’s anything special at QB but I think they’d have benefited from some consistency at the position, so I see this as a win for us, speaking purely about on-field.

Has anyone made a BYJewdas tshirt?

I know of several people who were breaking the School Down South so called honor code by engaging in various kinds of sexual relations, but subsequently lied about their actions when questioned by their bishop, which in my view, is an offense much more serious in comparison.

These are college kids so no surprise they are doing things most college kids do regardless of an honor code. My problem with the honor code is that they ask the students to police each other. They are just promoting a tattle-tale judgmental culture.