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Detmer leading BYU title march
Junior quarterback
tops Heisman list
By Ashley Conklin
Emerald Sports Editor
The Ty that binds the Brig
ham Young offense may give
the Cougars a tie to the Heis
man Trophy and a national
championship this season.
The Ty is Ty Detmer. the out
standing junior quarterback
who runs the powerful BYU of
fense.
Like all of the great Cougar
quarterbacks before — Virgil
Carter. Gifford Nielsen, Marc
Wilson. Jim McMahon, Steve
Young and Robbie Bosco —
Detmer is a master at running
Coach Lavell Edwards' passing
offense.
But unlike all of the great
BYU quarterbacks, except
Bosco, Detmer has an excellent
chance of bringing the Cougars
a national championship this
season, and unlike all the other
quarterbacks before him in
school history, he has an excel
lent chance of winning the
Heisman.
Away from the field, though.
Detmer is just Ty, a simple un
assuming Texan from South
west High School in San Anto
nio.
lo know uetmer, hawarat
said, is like knowing two dif
ferent individuals.
''He's a guy that’s almost shy
off the field in a way.” Ed
wards said. "He’s a very polite
young man and a very nice
young num.”
Then there is the other side,
the other side that shot down
opponents and NCAA records
at will last year, and led an up
set of top-ranked Miami on
Sept 8 that has since vaulted
the 4-0 Cougars to a No. 4 na
tional ranking and talks of a re
peat of their 1984 title cam
paign
"lie gets on the field." Ed
wards said of Detmer, "and he
doesn't turn into a bulldog, but
he’s like that
"He has confidence and the
guy knows what he's doing,"
he said "He has that ability to
really turn it up a notch when
he gets into competition."
For Detmer, the chance to
play under Edwards and his
high-profile offense was the
perfect opportunity after com
ing from a Southwest High-sys
tem that threw the ball most of
the time.
"We did {throw a lot) in high
school and so that's why I
chose BYU." Detmer said, "be
cause 1 knew they were going
to do it. It always makes the
game exciting for me and I
think I get into the game the
more we're throwing.
"A lot of the emphasis is put
on the quarterback and it takes
more responsibility on reads,
more so than In other pro
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The Ty Detmer-charyed Couyar offense is poised to briny a ti
tle to Provo and a Heisman to IMmer.
grains, 1 think.” ho said. "I
didn't grow up in Provo to son
the tradition growing and real
ly see the full effect of it.”
And. oh, how Detmer does
make an emphasis when he
throws.
Two years ago Detmer was
mostly a back-up but did throw
for more than 1.200 yards and
was named the Most Valuable
Player in a 20-17 Freedom
Howl win over Colorado
Last year BYIJ went 10-3.
and Detmer broke 12 NCAA
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