If Jake Heaps isn't embarrassed about transferring from BYU to a school to be named later, then he ought to be. Talk about an awkward exit.
Two years ago, the kid had the audacity to hire a public relations firm and call a press conference to announce his arrival at BYU. Now he is, well, running from a fight.
What kind of field general does that?
No matter how anyone spins it, this is about playing time and it doesn't look good. Do you think he would be transferring if he still held the starting job?
Indulged, coddled and praised since he was a little leaguer, he had the job handed to him almost the day he arrived. He didn't know how to respond to a benching and playing No. 2 behind Riley Nelson. When had he ever faced such a situation?
The irony is that Heaps, just 20 years old and two years removed from high school, could've learned much about persistence and playing through adversity — essential traits for a quarterback — from the very man who replaced him.
