Rich Rodriguez has never coached at LaVell Edwards Stadium — but he’s quite familiar with its namesake.

In fact, Rodriguez is one of the only current FBS coaches to have faced the famed Edwards, besting his BYU squad in the 1998 Liberty Bowl as Tulane’s interim head coach.

But now in his second stint at the helm of his alma mater West Virginia, Rodriguez will make his second-ever trip to Provo Friday as his Mountaineers face No. 23 BYU.

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His first visit to Cougar country was more than a quarter century ago, when he was invited by Edwards and his longtime assistant Norm Chow to spend time with them following the aforementioned Liber

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