The BYJew: Jake Retzlaff’s Unlikely Holy War

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Opublikowano: 2026-10-25

Discover how a Jewish 'gunslinger' from the JUCO ranks became an icon at BYU, leading a top-10 resurgence and a legendary rivalry comeback. ALEX: Imagine you are a practicing Reform Jew from Southern California. You wear a Star of David around your neck, you keep kosher, and you’ve just been named the starting quarterback for the most famous religious school in America—Brigham Young University, where 98 percent of the students are Latter-day Saints. JORDAN: That sounds like the setup to a movie that would get rejected for being too unrealistic. There’s no way the cultur...