Effective teams have leaders who drive results.

They can do it silently. Do it by example. Speak up, maybe yell a little, or a lot. But they’re the guys on a football team that take charge, men who teammates listen to and want to follow and not disappoint.

It’s been that way since men tasked themselves with others to fight, hunt, or go steal somebody’s land.

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BYU lost a good leader in Jake Retzlaff and they’ll sorely miss him. He was energetic, positive, confident, supportive until he slipped up off the field and disappeared when the Cougars were on the threshold of the 2025 season.

So, who is going to step up?

On offense, it w

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