SALT LAKE CITY — As Kalani Sitake prepares for battle against his friend and mentor in Kyle Whittingham, a connection the two share will be absent from Saturday’s game for the first time in decades.
For more than 50 years, former BYU coach LaVell Edwards either participated in or watched in the stands as his Cougars took on its hated rival Utah. But on Saturday, as the Cougars and Utes prepare for their 98th meeting in a stadium that bears his name, Edwards will be absent for the first time since at least 1962 when he started his collegiate coaching career as an assistant at BYU.