1. i don't hate jake...i hope he does well but once he left BYU he kind of dropped off my radar, except the crazy amount of posts and articles about him still.

2. jake isn't the only player to have to deal with his parents divorcing. in fact, many go through trials even bigger than this.

3. jake's best football years were when he was living with his parents (high school) so it appears they may actually help him play better

4. jake isn't the only athlete to deal with "helicopter parents". in fact, many athletes good enough play D1 sports at a legit university like BYU are products of "helicopter parents"

this article continues the disgusting rhetoric that jake is the victim...which is really what we've been fed ever since he lost his job to riley against USU. it's never JAKE'S fault. it's riley's, or bronco's or anae's or doman's or the seniors on the team, or his parents, or BYU, or kansas, or weis or miami, etc etc etc etc. notice a trend? it honestly drives me nuts. again, i don't hate the guy, i just wish he'd step up to the plate and say "yeah, i couldn't hack it...i thought leaving BYU would be good for me and it really just showed that maybe i was the problem, not those around me...it's made me mature and reflect that i can get better and, just like everyone else, i have to overcome challenges and circumstances to become great, and that's what i'll do with the Jets."

do i feel bad for him? sure, i guess...that's a lot to deal with as an 18 or 19 year old kid. but thousands of other kids go through things as difficult or even more difficult than he did and he got to do a lot of things most of us can never dream of. he's not a victim. his story really is not that unique and the way his life and journey polarizes CB and creates "hate" and "sympathizers" on here and in the media really shock me. has there been more said about such an average player in the history of BYU?