“Milestones you'd like to reach before retiring? Not really. Because when I began it was never to reach 100 games or reach 200 or to get high on the all-time list or whatever else. Those things are by-products. I want to win another championship, beginning with the conference championship. The thing that was disappointing to me last year was the fact that we did not win the conference championship. I felt like we just let that game (against Air Force in Las Vegas) get away from us.” WantYearsFactsLastsTimeGamesWinningForceFeltJusticeAirProductsDisappointmentListsAll TimeGet AwayRetiringLast YearChampionshipConferencesVegasLas VegasDisappointingAir ForceGetting HighMilestone Author:LaVell Edwards
“Edwards commented as he signed an extension to his contract. They had changed coaches every three or four years before my getting the head job. It was just going to be a matter of when I got fired. There were a lot of people that felt that.” PeopleYearsMatterJobsThreeFeltJusticeFourChangedCoachesContractsFour YearsExtensions Author:LaVell Edwards
“After the Cougars' 19-15 Cotton Bowl victory over Kansas State We're the only team in NCAA history to win 14 games in a season. It was just a great experience and I can't say enough about it. . . . People don't know how difficult it is to get up for 15 games.” PeopleKnowsI CanStatesEnoughGamesWinningDifficultJusticeKnow HowTeamVictorySeasonsGet UpBowlsCottonKansasGreat ExperiencesNcaaCougars Author:LaVell Edwards
“What motivates me is not one more championship, it is the challenge each year. I have just thoroughly enjoyed starting in spring with a new team and trying to put all the elements together to make a team.” TryingYearsTogetherChallengesJusticeTeamElementsSpringStartingEnjoyedChampionship Author:LaVell Edwards
“What keeps you motivated? The challenge of putting all the elements of a team together and seeing how you do and what you become is the thing that I still enjoy. I also enjoy the associations and relationships with the players and other coaches - to be in the arena, so to speak. I still enjoy that. I'm also at the point, though, that if we're not doing well - it's tough enough as it is - that I'm not going to be hanging on just to be hanging on. Because it's not anything I need from an ego standpoint or anything else. I just thoroughly enjoy what I'm doing.” IfsNeedsWellsStillsEnoughTogetherSpeakEnjoyChallengesJusticePlayerSeeingTeamEgoElementsToughCoachesMotivatedAssociationArenaStandpointHanging OnKeep You Motivated Author:LaVell Edwards
“I just feel that you reach a point when its time to move on.” FeelsMovingTimeJusticeTime To Move On Author:LaVell Edwards
“Looking at the championship-winning quarterbacks, Edwards remembered their particular talents: Gary Sheide: The image of Joe Namath. He even had Joe's number. Had just a great feel and touch for the game. A great athlete who could play all the sports. He was more of a streak guy than any of them. He could miss two or three passes and then get hot and hit ten straight. He was the one who got it all started.” FeelsTwoPlayGuyThreeGamesWinningSportsJusticeNumbersTalentMissingParticularTenHotAthleteRememberedChampionshipQuarterbackStreaksGaryGreat Athlete Author:LaVell Edwards
