Editor’s note: First in a two-part series looking back on LaVell Edwards’ final season.
PROVO — Imagine carrying the weight of a coaching giant’s legacy on your shoulder pads.
Twenty years ago, BYU players — especially the seniors — felt optimism, pride, gratitude. And pressure.
How else were they to feel when they learned in August 2000 that their coach, LaVell Edwards, an unlikely legend that revolutionized college football, was retiring at the end of the season?
They would be part of Edwards’ final team in his final campaign.