Now that we have gotten to the bottom of this, it might be nice to finally get

Oct 17, 2024
12:11:51pm

RoboKayne 3rd String

answers to my questions about whether Zach Wilson drove to SoCal to be coached by John Beck. I sure wish the color commentators had covered this at the time.

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Time

“BYJEW” - College Gameday publicity:

46in96

9:02am

Retzlaff is Jewish?

Baron

9:03am

He is going to have his own paragraph in the leaflet "Famous Jewish Sports Legends" pretty soon.

jpesk2

9:09am

An apropos reference to a bygone movie always earns a POTD from me.

gangbusters

9:22am

yes! and with no plans to convert 🙂

conetah

11:11am

I don’t think he asked about converting him to the church but ok. Odd response

bornbyu93

11:57am

This references an odd headline on a Jay Drew article back with Jamal was at BYU

morningcalmcougar

1:08pm

Not Jay Drew, but Jason Franchuk of the Daily Herald.

robin

1:51pm

OOPS! Thanks for the correction. Forgot about him and his journalism skills...

morningcalmcougar

2:57pm

I see you're new here. This is sgc level board history. I bet someone has a list

BlueTooth

2:36pm

I’ll throw you a bigger loop: Zach Wilson grew up a UU fan

puntersarepeople

11:34am

And he used to drive all the way to So Cal to meet with John Beck! Who knew???

IntelCougar

2:50pm

Now that we have gotten to the bottom of this, it might be nice to finally get

RoboKayne

12:11pm

Zero scholarship offers? Or does that mean out of high school?

bruincoug

9:06am

Yeah I think out of high school… he had other transfer options

46in96

9:08am

“From 0” I think implies that’s where he was leaving highschool. Locked some up as he showed off in JC.

mvtoro

11:33am

Imagine if BYU wins the National Championship this year

Hoosier Cougar

9:14am

I think you just wrote the most epic sports headline I’ve seen in a long time.

46in96

9:19am

Similar to the Catholics that won the Miracle Bowl for BYU.

WDaddy

9:23am

RE: Similar to the Catholics that won the Miracle Bowl for BYU.

JPWinAZ

9:50am

This is brilliant. Are you taking credit for it or did you borrow it?

HarlemCoug

9:50am

Slightly modified borrow. Someone on X had something similar.

Hoosier Cougar

10:05am

There was this a week ago:

Brandoblueblood

10:44am

Hoosier Cougar!!!!!!!!

Six Foot Seven

10:55am

Thanks.

Hoosier Cougar

1:04pm

Love it! Now write the SLTrib version.

WillsPitStop

11:11am

“BYU exploits Jewish boy in Mormonism’s latest bid to culturally appropriate Judaism.”

mvtoro

11:40am

Or maybe “After decades of failure, BYU sells out LDS roots in desperation for a win”. Meanwhile up on page 1: “Utah

mvtoro

11:48am

Guarantee you media people who read CB will steal that if we make it to the play

ColonelMustard

11:13am

This works even if we make the playoffs. Awesome.

dfudge

12:26pm

When Jacob was in Egypt's land ....

Bob Vance

1:46pm

win the Big12 and it also fits

Hill4Heisman

1:56pm

Jimmy Mac was Catholic. Having other faiths represented isn't new.

DirtyWater

9:28am

Detmer didn’t start out LDS.

Soupie

9:34am

Or Bosco.

Parker Schnabel

9:45am

Or Sarkisian...and didn't finish either.

Parker Schnabel

9:46am

But does he have plans?

Hup

10:26am

Or Holmoe

ColonelMustard

11:14am

Good to see someone not take offense when they can.

Brandoblueblood

10:39am

He actually gave himself the nickname

ColonelMustard

11:15am

Even better

Brandoblueblood

11:31am

I first heard it being said by the team around the time of the WV game last year

freshprince

12:10pm

When does he get mentioned by Adam Sandler in a song/movie?

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