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Show . f.--. " vrv ' 'T?1' Vernal Express Wednesday, Nov. 14, 1990 1 9 LAVELL EDWARDS with trainers imparting his knowledge of the fine art of football. Coach Edwards felt going into the game with Wyoming that if his offense could come right out and Cowboy country Continued from page 18 wing offense and a forty four defense de-fense and variations of both." Express: "What was your philosophy philoso-phy in developing young players?" Edwards: "At first, because we were so under-manned, we were very strict and disciplined to maintain main-tain control. But we found that the players responded much more to a personal approach , giving the players play-ers more responsibility for those aspects as-pects of the game." Express: "Is this how you developed devel-oped your hands off approach at the Y?" (La Veil is renowned for letting his assistants have more control 01 the team than most head coaches.) Edwards: "No, actually my coaching coach-ing style came about in an off-hand sort of way.. When I was an assistant at BYU, Tommy Hudspeth was the Head coach. He ran the offense and I was the defensive coordinator. Tommy never paid any attention to the defense because he was so involved in-volved in the offense, unless we blew a call and then he was all over us. So we had a lot of freedom to do what wc wanted and I appreciated that so much I incorporated that style into my own staff when I became be-came the Head. By the way, it was Hudspeth who started the offensive schemes wc employ today back in the late sixties and early seventies with a liulc refinement along the way." Express: "Wc have a couple of your cx- players coaching at Uintah right now, do you remember John Crccn and Kurg Belcher ?" Edwards: "Of course. Both of those men were fine players for mc, not only on the Field but off as well. Kurg's wife used to baby-sit for mc hcn I was their Bishop. Both John and Kurg were rupged, lough players play-ers ho always gave 100 percent in pmcs u well as during practice. Kurg w as probably one of the finest pure athletes I have ever had play defense for mc. If he were playing Uvtiy, he would not only be an All American, he would definitely be p!.i ing pro ball, U'i t'X) had the crvke imemipted his carter." I ptc: "Is it tough recruiting aiMcici lo come pby at BYU and do you have any problem with the nod LDS athlete 7" rd-AAfds "Wc alayi try to re-trwt re-trwt tm sihtciri fin. If wc tan'l find an LDS pl-mr at a ecru in po-Mtwn, po-Mtwn, wc to after the very bV-t auiUt-lc a;!il-(c c tan find. Ty tr tmrr H a gret example. Wc bavC Kujal ft. IDS pUvtn and they tut a mm h a part of the team a ati'.-r. We haven't hal sy mfC pfitt-trmn ith hrm 81 it h ar)ortC tw. I very one U Opcttf j t.1 live i:p fci an 4 Mti.- C'C ame Ut.wd 3"-l ttc fr t4 ftiiou ffetcttJXC." t tpir -a: ThK ta -t quests. 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A great halftime show including C-130 transport planes buzzing the stadium at 1000 feet courtesy of the local National Guard. The crowd was great too. Despite everything you've heard about Wyoming fans (most of which is true), the packed house of over 33,000 was loud, enthusiastic and for the most part well behaved (except (ex-cept for the fan below the press box who kept yelling; BYU sucks rocks) but even he tired after awhile arid just kind of rolled over in his seat sometime during the third quarter and went to sleep (passed out). The press box was a great experience experi-ence also. We sat between two AP reporters (associated press) and Lee Benson, the sports editor for the Deseret News along with 40 other reporters from around the United States. Wyoming provided food and drinks (coke and coffee) during the game along with a written play by play every 10 minutes or so. It was extremely difficult to be cool up here because all the reporters re-porters had lap top computers and telephones in front of them and all we had was a pad of paper and our bowls of chili! But we fooled 'em by telling them we were from IDAHO!! IDA-HO!! (not really). After the game, Wyoming Head coach Paul Roach came up to speak with the reporters and was extremely extreme-ly gracious in his praise for BYU. He stated Detmer, in his opinion was the best college player in the country, bar none and that he hoped BYU gets a chance to play for the national championship because he thinks they are the best team in the country. He stated Ty Detmer was the smartest player any of his teams had ever faced in his entire coach-, ing career. I think next time I go to a big game like this one, I'll wear a trench coat, just so I can at least LOOK like the other "professional" reporters. By the way, BYU won the game Continued on page 20 JuJJ If I 1 L-JUJxX LAKE PRICES x i k kt AIR RIKP BREEZE to. 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