Yesterday, I wrote about Lavell’s first quarterback Gifford Nielson. While I did call it that, I do fully realize that Gare Sheide was actually Lavell’s first quarterback and he was a good one at that. The reason why I called Nielson the first quarterback is because he was the first one who REALLY stuck out for BYU and took Lavell’s game plan and made it effective.
Shiede, who will be featured later in the countdown, only threw 4,554 yards in two seasons, something good for that time period, but not quite the Lavell offense. That is why I called Gifford the first quarterback.