did say this numerous times throughout his career. He mentioned a few times in the beginning because there was still a thought of LaVell in everyone's minds. "Is Bronco going to be the next LaVell?" His route to BYU was outside of Utah and as a coach if you want to progress you are going to end up leaving BYU as well. We are a stepping stool school.

Tom knows this. I don't think that had anything to do with it. Especially as he was offered prior to the UVA gig and turned those down.