BYU QB Jake Retzlaff will start against Iowa State, the Cougars say. QB Kedon Slovis is 'healing but he is not all the way there yet.'
Jake Retzlaff to start against the Cyclones as Kedon Slovis continues healing.Offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick said Retzlaff will start against the Cyclones. Earlier this week Cougars head coach Kalani Sitake said usual starter Kedon Slovis would have to“Right now we are planning on Jake starting,” Roderick said. “Kedon is improving, made a few throws today. He’s healing but he is not all the way there yet. We’re unsure if he will be available Saturday or not.
“Well every position is like that,” Roderick said. “If somebody comes in and plays better than you were playing while you were out, that’s how it works. That’s part of our program.”“I thought he played pretty well,” he said. “Obviously we didn’t score enough points. It’s super disappointing to have seven points. But he did a lot of good things in that game. Thought he did a good job. I would say solid performance. Just need to do a better job as an offense.
“There was never a plan to necessarily start him in any of those games,” Roderick said. “But we wanted to at least get him in some. So this is unfortunate for Kedon, but it has turned out to be a good opportunity to at least see what we have in Jake.” “You have to make decisions about, ‘Are you going to play a guy who didn’t practice very much?’ How much did he practice? How ready is he?” Roderick said. “But for the most part we are playing guys who are available to practice. In rare cases have I seen guys play well Saturday that didn’t practice the whole week.
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