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Show Thursday, August 30, W inmn This is an election year therefore it is fitting and proper that in trving to deride just how great a football BYL"s La Veil Edwards is. taking a page from the politicians, he lets his record speak tor itself. The 1984 NCAA Football Guide is out and this is most objective place to seek out Edwards record and find out where he stands in relation to his peers. On page 216-1the Winningest Coaches are listed To Active quality coaches must have a minimum of five years as Division head coach and the record includes only victories at tour-yea- r schools. Edwards is ranked seventh in the nation with 105 wins. 37 losses and one tie. l 'i ' ;v L 1 if . ,A 7 V LaYell trails Barry Switzer. Oklahoma. Joe Faterno. Penn State. Tom Os106-21-- 170-38-- Danny 108-25-- Clemson. THE HERALD, Provo. Utah "Now you win championships with guys who do the work but don't get the recognition some of the others receive. And that is the impressive thing about our string "I think 1 11 remember the string of championships when this is all over. I think that kind of consistency is fantastic and almost impossible to achieve." Edwards wouldn't predict how his team will fare this fall when it tries to increase that string of WAC championships to eight and its Holiday Bowl appearances to seven. All he said was. "If we can get past our first four games without a loss in the WAC then I think we will have a pretty good chance to win it all again." The Cougars play Pittsburgh, Baylor and Tulsa in the first three games then play tough Hawaii in Honolulu in their fourth game this fall. But the Cougars are a cinch to go into the season a favorite to win the WAC. There is one rule change this year that will be of special interest to Edwards, his staff. BYU ll players and fans And since played a most important role in getting it pased, he might well Herald Sports Editor Ford. ' war US By MARION DUNN borne. Nebraska. 1984, Bo Schembechler. Michigan. . and Herb Deromedi. Cent. Mich.. 6 La-Ve- The Cougar coach is ahead of such names as Dick Crum, North Vtnce '.arolma. 8th at iJooley. Georgia. 9th at Fred Akers. Texas. 10th at and Pat Dve. Auburn. 11th at FULLY - Page 59A m 3 be remembered for it. That is the new rule on defensive pass interference which will now be and a first down instead of on the spot where the infraction occurs or on the line if it occurs in the end zone. Edwards is a passing coach but he was a member of the rules committee that voted for the change. Why did he vote for it? Well. Edwards was a panel member at the NCAA College Football Preview in which invited sports writers met with coaches-an- d official panelists at the Hyatt Regencv Hotel in Kansas City last Feb. 27-2- There Edwards and Washington's Don James both members of the rules committee that passed the new rule explained why: The moderator was WAC commissioner Joe Kearney and after he opened the session, the press asked the coaches how they went about changing the pass interference rule. James answered first by saying: (See LaVELL, Page 61A) RE-C0MDITI0NED FAMILY CAR In addition Edwards ranks 14th among the top 16 active coaches in number ol victories. In he 1984 NCAA College Foot-niPress Kit. the NCAA lists on the Winningest Division :aee - A Teams Over the Last Five Regular Seasons. I ' '81 $4495 BUICK Skylark 4 Dr. Sedan. Red, auto-trans- ., air cond., ps, mint cond., front wheel top two teams are: Nebraska. regular season and - 3 m bow ls, and Brigham Young. in bowls. regular season. 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