Looking Back at 1981

[SLCBengal]

I've been enjoying the looks back at the national championship year. The pre-game interviews with some of those former players has been fun, and the main athletic site currently has a feature with Case de Bruijn. The student newspaper has a nice look back, as well, game by game...

Read more: ISUBengal.com: Looking Back on the 1981 Football National Champions

Jay Drew of the Salt Lake Tribune writes today that current BYU OL coach, Mark Weber, will be at the 30th year reunion (he was an assistant on that team), but he can't watch the ISU-PSU game...

My colleague, Kurt Kragthorpe, came up with an interesting note about what Weber will be doing Saturday, the day after the Cougars' game against Utah State.

Weber plans to attend a 30-year reunion of the Idaho State team that won the NCAA Division I-AA national championship on Saturday in Pocatello. He was a graduate assistant coach on that ISU team in 1981.

However, Weber will not be able to attend Idaho State's game against Portland State on Saturday, during which the team and coaches will be honored. That's because NCAA rules prohibit live scouting of opponents, and Idaho State happens to be a future BYU opponent (on Oct. 22, in Provo).

Read more: Salt Lake Tribune: Upcoming game against Idaho State a case of bad timing for BYU line coach Mark Weber

 

[Skippy]

Maybe we could give him a waiver if he promises not to take any notes.