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The Cougars were invited to four bowl games with him and compiled a record of 37-13-2 during the Detmer years, including a 28-21 victory over top-ranked Miami (Florida) on September 8, 1990 in Provo, one of the biggest wins in BYU history. During the nationally-televised victory over the Hurricanes, Detmer threw for 406 yards and earned ...
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Johnson visited Detmer's ranch for a father-and-son hunt with his dad, AJ, an eight-year veteran of the war in Afghanistan. That day, in two other blinds, Detmer’s guests succeed within the hour. The harvest is two boars and a white fallow buck that Detmer’s brother-in-law, Todd Cooley, had spent almost three days waiting to take. These hunts, the ...
A blazing orange-ribbon sunset stretches across the western skyline of the T14 Ranch, silhouetting a hunting blind at the end of a rough road on a hill above Detmer’s precious 1,300 acres. A 9-foot-high fence protects the game within. If not for the fence, the animals would wander off and be killed on sight by hunters who have roamed South Texas fo...
Detmer has hunting imprinted in the strands of his DNA. Aside from living an intense football life alongside his coaching father, Sonny, he grew up in a hunting family that frequently went to private ranches by invitation or fee. As a teen, Detmer won the coveted Muy Grande Deer Hunting Contest. It is the oldest hunting contest in the world, its we...
Detmer's brother-in-law, Rich Herbert, cooks on the ranch and was on T14 the week before Thanksgiving because he’s on leave from Southwest Airlines recovering from back surgery as a baggage handler. He jokes that he and Ty are unemployed, so they’re just hanging out and having fun. Rich lives a mile from Ty in Gilbert, Arizona. Detmer loves his bro...
Detmer said times have changed since the days he set 59 NCAA records and tied three more. Defenses have evolved and there are NFL influences. “The old days were different. I think it’s hard for fans to kind of let that go, the whole passing system because so many teams have caught up with it and that makes it tough. You look at Washington State and...
While at BYU, Detmer was the recruiter who offered Arizona four-star quarterback Jacob Conover, who is expected to sign with the Cougars and then serve a church mission. Ironically, Conover led his Chandler High team to a win over Highland High this fall, where Detmer’s nephew, Kaleb Herbert, was the quarterback. Herbert was 14 for 22 for 209 passi...
Dinner at the T14 is the big meal of the day. Detmer prepares a barbecue on the huge patio by stoking a fabricated barrel before heading out for the late-afternoon hunt. The BBQ unit, built by Garza and friends as a gift, has a lettered halo on top with metal work declaring “Heisman Trophy Winner” below artwork that shows the T14 Ranch label with b...
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Dec 1, 2020 · Associated Press. Editor’s note: This year marks the 30-year anniversary of BYU quarterback Ty Detmer winning the Heisman Trophy. Detmer was awarded college football’s highest individual honor on Dec. 1, 1990. This story was originally published by the Deseret News on Dec. 4, 1990. It was “The Ty Detmer Victory Tour Turned Homecoming ...
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Nov 16, 2021 · On November 16, 1991, Ty Detmer led one of the wildest comebacks in college football history. BYU and San Diego State met up for an epic WAC clash with major bowl implications. By Nick J. Lee Nov ...
On Dec. 1, 1990, Ty Detmer and his teammates gathered pool-side at the Princess Kaiulani Hotel just hours prior to kickoff with Hawaii. Via satellite hookup with nation-al TV, Detmer and the BYU faithful waited patiently and listened as Downtown Athletic Club President C. Peter Lambos announced, “Ty Detmer, Ty Detmer of BYU,” — soon Ty was doused in the pool.
Mar 14, 2023 · Detmer and Hall will quarterback “Team Royal” against “Team Navy” in BYU’s annual Alumni Football Game, which is free to the public (5 p.m. MDT, BYUtv). Sitake will greet him with a bear hug. “Ty is one of the best of all time. That doesn’t ever change,” Sitake said. “I love that he will come back and be around us.
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