BYU coach Kalani Sitake is upset with QB Jake Retzlaff’s continued turnover struggles. Can the Cougars address that — and one other big concern — this weekend in Wyoming?
Jake Retzlaff’s crippling mistakes in his four starts a year ago — including a 99-yard pick-six to lose the game against Oklahoma — were defining moments of the Cougars ’ first Big 12 campaign., but Sitake was upset with his starting QB. Retzlaff now has four lost fumbles and five interceptions in his six starts. And his coach knows BYU won’t be able to survive too many more multi-turnover nights.
Two of Retzlaff’s turnovers were plays he should have avoided. On his first mistake, Retzlaff was running around in the backfield after a handoff miscue. He didn’t protect the ball and it was poked out by SMU lineman Elijah Roberts.On the second turnover, Retzlaff would have been sacked. As he was wrapped up, he decided to throw the ball late into no-man’s land. Instead, it was intercepted and gifted SMU great field position.
Sitake said both of his top running backs, LJ Martin and Hinckley Ropati, are doubtful against Wyoming. It means that Enoch Nawahine and. He hasn’t played during the first two weeks — as BYU tries to redshirt him. But now burning one of his four games is an inevitability.
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