And it cost BYU lots of wins. After winning the Heisman, Detmer went 0-5.
He was a great competitor has some of the greatest plays in BYU history to his name.
He also made some very bad plays that games.
That said, he also had weak defenses so any lost possession on offense was routinely points for the other team.
But those weak defenses also were part of his stats. In 1990 BYU gave up 30+ points six times. And 50+ twice.
For all the valid complaints about this year... the defense gave up 30+ twice.