Lavell inherited Pete Van Valkenburg, NFL draftee and nation's leading rusher

May 30, 2015
8:25:03pm

NewMexiCoug

his senior year when Lavell had his first team. He is in BYU's athletic Hall of Fame:
http://byucougars.com/athlete/m-football/peter-van-valkenburg

His 1972 single season BYU rushing record lasted 29 years until Luke Staley broke it.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/877133/Fleet-Pete-bids-adieu-to-his-record.html?pg=all

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It took LaVell Edwards 138 games to reach 100 wins (100-37-1)

Indy Coug

5/30/15 11:53am

Question.

BluePete

5/30/15 11:58am

WAC vs Independent schedule, enough said

mudpupper

5/30/15 12:02pm

During Lavells tenure he played plenty top 30 power teams.

Zach Morris

5/30/15 2:14pm

Wow, well If Nick Saban coached at BYU and was still in Lavell's shadow What in

capo

5/30/15 5:35pm

Based on SportsReference.com Lavell's SOS for the first 138 games is -1.42 Bronc

cougarmikey

5/30/15 3:59pm

you mean WAC vs MWC schedule + a couple years of easy independent schedule until

Southpaw102

5/30/15 6:24pm

There is no way LaVell's first 138 games were as difficult SOS as Bronco's

Indy Coug

5/30/15 12:06pm

But never mind that, FIRE BRONCO! CBers = SMH

BobHuckstra

5/30/15 12:15pm

Fair question. Tough since no one goes back to 1972. But likely Bronco has faced

unctoothman

5/30/15 12:47pm

RE: Fair question. Tough since no one goes back to 1972. But likely Bronco has

Ronald Uharriet

5/30/15 2:47pm

I think Bronco had more difficult teams to play but he took over a program

ArcticKat

5/30/15 5:27pm

I tend to agree... especially the later portions.

BluePete

5/30/15 6:12pm

Lavell also had jack squat to work with in 1972

donnerstag

5/30/15 1:27pm

Lavell had a passing offense in a running era

2FarGone

5/30/15 1:42pm

LaVell wasn't given a passing offense. He created it from scratch.

flyusaf

5/30/15 1:51pm

no, his assistant was

2FarGone

5/30/15 1:54pm

LaVell would be the first to credit his assistants for the job they did. Tho he

SPORTS

5/30/15 2:37pm

I think the world of Lavell

2FarGone

5/30/15 2:56pm

Messi is t-downing me because I admire Lavell?

2FarGone

5/30/15 5:55pm

This is true...

PolarisPrime

5/30/15 1:55pm

Uh...any "advantage" BYU had under LaVell was because of LaVell. He

SPORTS

5/30/15 2:35pm

So, Lavell was left with a pretty good situation then.

NewMexiCoug

5/30/15 8:18pm

^^^This is what people forget. Comparing Bronco to LaVell is just stupid.

rainorsnow

5/30/15 4:59pm

Are you serious Clark? LaVell inherited a 5-6 team

kimdaddy35

5/30/15 5:05pm

Lavell inherited Pete Van Valkenburg, NFL draftee and nation's leading rusher

NewMexiCoug

5/30/15 8:25pm

After he takes us there, does CB throw him a "Beat LaVell to 125" anticipation

Mantis Mutu

5/30/15 1:23pm

CB will want to fire him, again

2FarGone

5/30/15 1:45pm

This is bullyewt. Nobody wanted BM fired from 2005-2009,

flyusaf

5/30/15 1:54pm

We have reached and passed our culminating point

2FarGone

5/30/15 1:57pm

I gave up on Bronco in 2012. I then gave him another chance last year.

flyusaf

5/30/15 2:02pm

I felt the same after the season

2FarGone

5/30/15 2:07pm

They were there. You can see posts on CB from back then

PolarisPrime

5/30/15 1:58pm

I did and I was right

CarolinaCoug

5/30/15 3:56pm

I hear ya, but what if we have a losing season & lose to USU again?

Mantis Mutu

5/30/15 1:56pm

Are you done whining yet?

Zach Morris

5/30/15 1:56pm

Are you done whining about Bronco?

2FarGone

5/30/15 1:58pm

Link?

Zach Morris

5/30/15 2:04pm

So you think the criticisms of Bronco are without merit?

AndyDwyer

5/30/15 2:30pm

No, but the quantity has exceeded the quality

2FarGone

5/30/15 2:58pm

RE: After he takes us there, does CB throw him a "Beat LaVell to 125"

Ronald Uharriet

5/30/15 3:01pm

It was intended as facetious deadpan. Sorry for the confusion.

Mantis Mutu

5/31/15 6:28am

Then, I guess we don't have to worry about that....

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