SAN DIEGO — That end zone, that part of the field, that corner of the stadium in this coastal city is a kind of shrine to BYU football.
It can’t be called hallowed or sacred, because it is far from divine. It isn’t exactly like a ground of fame, but it is close. Perhaps the most accurate way of putting it is that piece of turf in Qualcomm Stadium, once known as Jack Murphy Stadium, is the Mount Rushmore of BYU football.
It is ground where some of the most storied plays in Cougar history were born and are forever captured in writ, film and in stories retold by eye witnesses and players who’ve danced on that stage for almost half a century.