Hillstead Transferring

Post by **Aglicious** » May 4th, 2024, 11:30 am

AGGIEinIOWA wrote: ↑
May 4th, 2024, 11:18 am
https://www.deseret.com/sports/2024/05/ ... arterback/

Supposed reasons he left and why he chose YBU

LmAO...a confession of love for byu and the "culture" there that he thinks fits him well. That's all I need to know....don't let the door hit your backside son.

I love that the highlight quote of the article is that Hillstead made the decision because he wanted to "move up a level". So very Deseret News. Yes, the 3rd string guy at a lowly G5 needs to move up a level to the mighty P4 Coogs to find playing time. Makes perfect sense.

flying_scotsman2.0 · Post by **flying_scotsman2.0** » May 4th, 2024, 11:39 am

Dead to me

USU78 · Post by **USU78** » May 4th, 2024, 11:43 am

stench gotta stench

2004AG · Post by **2004AG** » May 4th, 2024, 12:35 pm

If he ever sees the field at byu, they are in big trouble in the Big 12.

OKAggie · Post by **OKAggie** » May 4th, 2024, 12:47 pm

AGGIEinIOWA wrote: ↑
May 4th, 2024, 11:18 am
https://www.deseret.com/sports/2024/05/ ... arterback/

Supposed reasons he left and why he chose YBU

(CTRL-F concussion = zero results)

ineptimusprime · Post by **ineptimusprime** » May 4th, 2024, 1:14 pm

Little Frodo Baggins…err McCae Hillstead wants to sit at the adult table you guys! How cute!

shoresy · Post by **shoresy** » May 4th, 2024, 3:11 pm

Aglicious wrote: ↑
May 4th, 2024, 11:30 am

AGGIEinIOWA wrote: ↑
May 4th, 2024, 11:18 am
https://www.deseret.com/sports/2024/05/ ... arterback/

Supposed reasons he left and why he chose YBU
LmAO...a confession of love for byu and the "culture" there that he thinks fits him well. That's all I need to know....don't let the door hit your backside son.

I love that the highlight quote of the article is that Hillstead made the decision because he wanted to "move up a level". So very Deseret News. Yes, the 3rd string guy at a lowly G5 needs to move up a level to the mighty P4 Coogs to find playing time. Makes perfect sense.

I saw that. Comical.

I would have cheered for Hillstead anywhere other than Utah, BYU or a few MW teams, but I'll now be actively cheering against him. Some of those quotes are simply delusional for a guy who had a 33.9 QBR.

mike1126 · Post by **mike1126** » May 4th, 2024, 3:31 pm

What a load of bs. He left Utah State because of Anderson's decision to name Petras as the No. 1 QB and he couldn't handle it. He's complaining about playing time. As i recall, he had many opportunities last year and got hurt. Anderson really liked the guy, and could have developed into a full-time starter.

trevordude · Post by **trevordude** » May 4th, 2024, 4:30 pm

I just wanted a chance to compete, but also didn't want to wait a year....

IdaAg93 · Post by **IdaAg93** » May 4th, 2024, 4:41 pm

He had his chance to compete and had the upper hand, until he got out-played in spring ball. What he really said was the USU qb room is way better than I, therefore I better go elsewhere and sit on the bench.
He will likely end up at Weber if you ask me.

Post by **aggies22** » May 4th, 2024, 5:12 pm

trevordude wrote: ↑
May 4th, 2024, 4:30 pm
I just wanted a chance to compete, but also didn't want to wait a year....

He was in the drivers seat to be the dude in 2025 for three years.

PIGSKINAGGIE · Post by **PIGSKINAGGIE** » May 5th, 2024, 3:52 am

Who? Gtfoh. You don’t want to be here, we don’t want ya here. He is dead to me now, hope he sucks and never sees the field there. Scared to compete and was worried about being recruited over and realized he wasn’t going to have it just handed to him next year. Prolly wanted to be a booger all along.

LarryTheAggie · Post by **LarryTheAggie** » May 5th, 2024, 5:42 am

PIGSKINAGGIE wrote: ↑
May 5th, 2024, 3:52 am
Who? Gtfoh. You don’t want to be here, we don’t want ya here. He is dead to me now, hope he sucks and never sees the field there. Scared to compete and was worried about being recruited over and realized he wasn’t going to have it just handed to him next year. Prolly wanted to be a booger all along.

I would rather that he sucks and is a 3 year starter there...

Hoot · Post by **Hoot** » May 5th, 2024, 8:09 am

I mean he flashed potential but I don’t think he’s that big of a loss other than depth. The zoobs sure seem to have a thing for our third team guys (see: Wakely, Crew)

FloridaAggie13 · Post by **FloridaAggie13** » May 5th, 2024, 8:16 am

aggies22 wrote: ↑
May 4th, 2024, 5:12 pm

trevordude wrote: ↑
May 4th, 2024, 4:30 pm
I just wanted a chance to compete, but also didn't want to wait a year....
He was in the drivers seat to be the dude in 2025 for three years.

^This.

He was going to get playing time this year and as long as he continued to improve - the talent is obviously there - was going to be locked in as the starter going forward.

Now, he gets to start over from scratch somewhere else where the coach isn't invested in him nearly as much as BA.

GameFAQSAggie · Post by **GameFAQSAggie** » May 5th, 2024, 8:37 am

Maybe he got the memo that the most popular guy on a losing team is always the backup quarterback, so he knows how popular he can be if he can make it to #2 on their depth chart behind Retzlaff and they are struggling in Big 12 play. Whereas our fan base is rational enough to realize we are likely going to start the season losing to USC, Utah and Boise cause of other problems besides quarterback.

Granted, Legas was pretty popular with our fan base as the backup quarterback in September 2022, but after BA was forced into playing him cause of injury, everyone calling for the change to be made without the injury was proven right.

FL350Aggie · Post by **FL350Aggie** » May 5th, 2024, 11:27 am

Meh, Tiller > Hillstead. Aggies came out just fine. Have fun “leveling up” at a 5-7 Big 12 team.

Blue Sage · Post by **Blue Sage** » May 5th, 2024, 11:28 am

FloridaAggie13 wrote: ↑
May 5th, 2024, 8:16 am

aggies22 wrote: ↑
May 4th, 2024, 5:12 pm

trevordude wrote: ↑
May 4th, 2024, 4:30 pm
I just wanted a chance to compete, but also didn't want to wait a year....
He was in the drivers seat to be the dude in 2025 for three years.
^This.

He was going to get playing time this year and as long as he continued to improve - the talent is obviously there - was going to be locked in as the starter going forward.

Now, he gets to start over from scratch somewhere else where the coach isn't invested in him nearly as much as BA.

There was a time I liked him but as things progressed I began to doubt he would ever be the dude. In all I’m happy to open up the spot. Nobody is going to stay for 3 years anymore anyway. We are looking for a guy who comes in with skills in place with little time left. Let someone else use a spot to farm the kid for another team. For this spot we are looking for a kid dropping down for the most part that puts all his chips on Utah State.

FloridaAggie13 · Post by **FloridaAggie13** » May 5th, 2024, 11:46 am

Blue Sage wrote: ↑
May 5th, 2024, 11:28 am

FloridaAggie13 wrote: ↑
May 5th, 2024, 8:16 am

aggies22 wrote: ↑
May 4th, 2024, 5:12 pm

trevordude wrote: ↑
May 4th, 2024, 4:30 pm
I just wanted a chance to compete, but also didn't want to wait a year....
He was in the drivers seat to be the dude in 2025 for three years.
^This.

He was going to get playing time this year and as long as he continued to improve - the talent is obviously there - was going to be locked in as the starter going forward.

Now, he gets to start over from scratch somewhere else where the coach isn't invested in him nearly as much as BA.
There was a time I liked him but as things progressed I began to doubt he would ever be the dude. In all I’m happy to open up the spot. Nobody is going to stay for 3 years anymore anyway. We are looking for a guy who comes in with skills in place with little time left. Let someone else use a spot to farm the kid for another team. For this spot we are looking for a kid dropping down for the most part that puts all his chips on Utah State.

Yeah, most likely he wasn't going to stay long term anyway but I disagree about him being "the dude". He played well enough and showed flashes of brilliance enough times that it was hard to remember he was a true freshman. He's only going to get better in my opinion.

Fan4AggieballAZ · Post by **Fan4AggieballAZ** » May 5th, 2024, 12:05 pm

The WR/TE groups are happy for the kid but didn’t wanna see him go…He threw an extremely catchable ball and despite his challenging QB-size…saw the whole field quite well

AGGIEinIOWA · Post by **AGGIEinIOWA** » May 5th, 2024, 12:34 pm

Fan4AggieballAZ wrote:The WR/TE groups are happy for the kid but didn’t wanna see him go…He threw an extremely catchable ball and despite his challenging QB-size…saw the whole field quite well

How do they feel about Petras being starter? I’m hoping to see more passes to the TE’s seeing as that’s about all they threw to at Iowa.

Fan4AggieballAZ · Post by **Fan4AggieballAZ** » May 5th, 2024, 1:04 pm

They like him a lot; WR/TE’s…He could take a bit off the ball at times or maybe they all need to adapt to his delivery pace lol. They like his vision/usage of the ENTIRE field and legit over 6’4 1/2 “tall” presence over the line plus he is not a scrambler; for sure a pocket presence QB.

He does fully recognize the importance of the TE in balancing the offense and utilizing the entire field. He has mentioned; duh!!!; look at the NFL RIGHT NOW and when the TE’s are used…It opens up the receiving and running game; multi-faceted approach..whether in 12 or 12 formations!!!

Petras has also been engaging in position meetings on the O and seems to be asserting himself in a mature leadership role with the team.

*Guess he spent most of last season at Iowa as basically an asst. coach

And yes; I am hopeful he makes an impact uses the WHOLE field

A few of the starting O players (3-4 of them) whom chose to stay for this pending season (not always on Twiizer); despite some “lofty courting” from P4’s…I think do believe in BA and his offensive acumen plus will to accelerate the O this fall and Petras will make an impact for sure and they want to finish strong and make marks as Aggie’s!!!

shoresy · Post by **shoresy** » May 5th, 2024, 2:02 pm

Fan4AggieballAZ wrote: ↑
May 5th, 2024, 1:04 pm
They like him a lot; WR/TE’s…He could take a bit off the ball at times or maybe they all need to adapt to his delivery pace lol. They like his vision/usage of the ENTIRE field and legit over 6’4 1/2 “tall” presence over the line plus he is not a scrambler; for sure a pocket presence QB.

He does fully recognize the importance of the TE in balancing the offense and utilizing the entire field. He has mentioned; duh!!!; look at the NFL RIGHT NOW and when the TE’s are used…It opens up the receiving and running game; multi-faceted approach..whether in 12 or 12 formations!!!

Petras has also been engaging in position meetings on the O and seems to be asserting himself in a mature leadership role with the team.

*Guess he spent most of last season at Iowa as basically an asst. coach

And yes; I am hopeful he makes an impact uses the WHOLE field

A few of the starting O players (3-4 of them) whom chose to stay for this pending season (not always on Twiizer); despite some “lofty courting” from P4’s…I think do believe in BA and his offensive acumen plus will to accelerate the O this fall and Petras will make an impact for sure and they want to finish strong and make marks as Aggie’s!!!

That's good to hear. You'd think a QB coming from Iowa would be very familiar with throwing to tight ends. Wild to me how underutilized they often are in college systems.

NVAggie · Post by **NVAggie** » May 6th, 2024, 8:31 am

Hillstead fits better with BYU. He can follow short QBs like Ty Detmer and Riley Nelson.

NavyBlueAggie · Post by **NavyBlueAggie** » May 6th, 2024, 8:43 am

USU78 wrote: ↑
May 4th, 2024, 11:43 am
stench gotta stench

Yes,, spot on 78!!. Self aggrandizement and routinely delusional mentality at an institution that has very, very deep pockets.

shoresy · Post by **shoresy** » May 6th, 2024, 10:13 am

If we had a young QB who was dominating and clearly the future of our program transfer out in the spring to BYU because he wanted to "play at a higher level," that would sting, but at least it wouldn't be totally unfair.

Hillstead was mediocre at best for us last season (and that might be generous) and left because he was the third string QB heading into spring camp and didn't want to wait for his turn.

tipitup · Post by **tipitup** » May 6th, 2024, 12:56 pm

shoresy wrote: ↑
May 6th, 2024, 10:13 am
If we had a young QB who was dominating and clearly the future of our program transfer out in the spring to BYU because he wanted to "play at a higher level," that would sting, but at least it wouldn't be totally unfair.

Hillstead was mediocre at best for us last season (and that might be generous) and left because he was the third string QB heading into spring camp and didn't want to wait for his turn.

it's kinda funny to me that he didn't want to wait his turn, but at byu i thought they said there were already 3 qb's and two more signing plus him. either he has a high opinion of himself or he just went from 3rd string to at best, right now, 3rd string. not sure that logic works

AggieUprising50 · Post by **AggieUprising50** » May 6th, 2024, 1:34 pm

tipitup wrote: ↑
May 6th, 2024, 12:56 pm

shoresy wrote: ↑
May 6th, 2024, 10:13 am
If we had a young QB who was dominating and clearly the future of our program transfer out in the spring to BYU because he wanted to "play at a higher level," that would sting, but at least it wouldn't be totally unfair.

Hillstead was mediocre at best for us last season (and that might be generous) and left because he was the third string QB heading into spring camp and didn't want to wait for his turn.
it's kinda funny to me that he didn't want to wait his turn, but at byu i thought they said there were already 3 qb's and two more signing plus him. either he has a high opinion of himself or he just went from 3rd string to at best, right now, 3rd string. not sure that logic works

To his credit, all the qb's at byu suck right now so he does have a solid shot at starting there.

gomretat · Post by **gomretat** » May 7th, 2024, 8:23 am

Scotty G predicted he would be the starter by the end of the year. That wouldn't surprise me.

flying_scotsman2.0 · Post by **flying_scotsman2.0** » May 7th, 2024, 9:19 am

gomretat wrote: ↑
May 7th, 2024, 8:23 am
Scotty G predicted he would be the starter by the end of the year. That wouldn't surprise me.

He’ll probably be the starter at the beginning of the year.

NavyBlueAggie · Post by **NavyBlueAggie** » May 7th, 2024, 2:19 pm

flying_scotsman2.0 wrote: ↑
May 7th, 2024, 9:19 am

gomretat wrote: ↑
May 7th, 2024, 8:23 am
Scotty G predicted he would be the starter by the end of the year. That wouldn't surprise me.
He’ll probably be the starter at the beginning of the year.

I've been advised by some reportedly in the know, that Hillstead has a high Football I Q and throws a very catchable pass that receivers loved. Too bad we lost him when he really had the confidence of Blake and would have been the starter going forward if no one arrived who could beat him out.

I was also advised that he was brittle last season, so we'll just have to watch how he does as he physically thickens and trains to become tougher. I've no real problem with his height at a reported 5'10", yet he seems undersized to take some of the contact Q B's these days take. My personal jury remains undecided and unconvinced.

I also wonder if the N I L bit influenced this young man to make the jump to Provo.

flying_scotsman2.0 · Post by **flying_scotsman2.0** » May 7th, 2024, 3:08 pm

NavyBlueAggie wrote: ↑
May 7th, 2024, 2:19 pm

flying_scotsman2.0 wrote: ↑
May 7th, 2024, 9:19 am

gomretat wrote: ↑
May 7th, 2024, 8:23 am
Scotty G predicted he would be the starter by the end of the year. That wouldn't surprise me.
He’ll probably be the starter at the beginning of the year.

I've been advised by some reportedly in the know, that Hillstead has a high Football I Q and throws a very catchable pass that receivers loved. Too bad we lost him when he really had the confidence of Blake and would have been the starter going forward if no one arrived who could beat him out.

I was also advised that he was brittle last season, so we'll just have to watch how he does as he physically thickens and trains to become tougher. I've no real problem with his height at a reported 5'10", yet he seems undersized to take some of the contact Q B's these days take. My personal jury remains undecided and unconvinced.

I also wonder if the N I L bit influenced this young man to make the jump to Provo.

Naw, money played no part. It was the culture.

GameFAQSAggie · Post by **GameFAQSAggie** » May 7th, 2024, 5:42 pm

flying_scotsman2.0 wrote: ↑
May 7th, 2024, 3:08 pm

NavyBlueAggie wrote: ↑
May 7th, 2024, 2:19 pm

flying_scotsman2.0 wrote: ↑
May 7th, 2024, 9:19 am

gomretat wrote: ↑
May 7th, 2024, 8:23 am
Scotty G predicted he would be the starter by the end of the year. That wouldn't surprise me.
He’ll probably be the starter at the beginning of the year.

I've been advised by some reportedly in the know, that Hillstead has a high Football I Q and throws a very catchable pass that receivers loved. Too bad we lost him when he really had the confidence of Blake and would have been the starter going forward if no one arrived who could beat him out.

I was also advised that he was brittle last season, so we'll just have to watch how he does as he physically thickens and trains to become tougher. I've no real problem with his height at a reported 5'10", yet he seems undersized to take some of the contact Q B's these days take. My personal jury remains undecided and unconvinced.

I also wonder if the N I L bit influenced this young man to make the jump to Provo.
Naw, money played no part. It was the culture.

They probably felt that they needed to come NOW before his price would go up with him starting a full season for us and being productive. Kind of like how they got outbid for Steven Ashworth.

stwinward · Post by **stwinward** » May 7th, 2024, 10:22 pm

The deseret news article makes it sound like he'll be the best QB in eons to play there. This begs the question, why wasn't he named #1 here at the end of spring ball if he's all that? Amazing how much better someone becomes just by transferring. To be clear, I think he has a lot of potential and I don't like the new landscape where patience is non-existent.

Hoot · Post by **Hoot** » May 7th, 2024, 10:51 pm

stwinward wrote: ↑
May 7th, 2024, 10:22 pm
The deseret news article makes it sound like he'll be the best QB in eons to play there. This begs the question, why wasn't he named #1 here at the end of spring ball if he's all that? Amazing how much better someone becomes just by transferring. To be clear, I think he has a lot of potential and I don't like the new landscape where patience is non-existent.

We brought in a Big 10 QB and he couldn’t compete so he had to drop down to the Big 12.

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