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In 1979, LaVell Edwards and BYU football were on the cusp of their heyday and in the middle of a remarkable run of conference titles, national rankings and All-American quarterbacks, and I had a couple of years under my belt covering the Cougars as a fledging sports writer for the Provo Daily Herald.
LaVell's wife Patti wrote a column for our sports section once a week. In the profession I'd chosen, I hoped I could make my mark someday and worked hard doing everything I could, but the truth was I was nobody and my byline meant very little to anybody.
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