Could there have been a better ending? After years of watching BYU fall short in rallies, I really still can't believe they pulled it off. And the final play is just incredible. To beat Utah with that play...It's unbelieveable. Previous awesome games (1996 Cotton Bowl, 2001 BYU-Utah game) have ended with the defense coming up with a big interception. That it was the offense that came right out and won with no time left makes it all the more incredible. I listened to the last play on the internet covering my eyes. Seriously. Covered my eyes.
Does this mean John Beck joins the pantheon of great BYU quarterbacks? Well, this year has been pretty spectacular, reminiscent of Steve Sarkisian's sudden rise to greatness in 1996, or Brandon Doman playing lights out in 2001. BYU quarterbacks in order of greatness that I've seen:
1. Detmer
2. Sarkisian (14-1 season was best I've seen BYU)
3. Doman (it wasn't his fault his defense stunk)
4. Beck (If he wins the bowl game, he'll move past Doman)
5. Walsh (1994 season was great...beat Notre Dame)
6. Hancock (7-1 as starter, only lost to Notre Dame, saved the season in 1992)
7. Covey (Hey, he and Chuck Cutler put a whupping on Texas 47-6 in '87)
8. Feterik (Blah blah blah, some boring years)
9. Berry (Beat Notre Dame, was a jerk in dental offices around Provo, played horribly many times)
10. Pendleton (Who was this guy?)
11. Engemann (Started great in '02, blew it all, got punched out by C.J. Ah You at practice)
12. Lindsley (Don't know much, parents didn't like him)
I think these are all the quarterbacks of my era that started games. My parents claim there was a quarterback named Bob Jensen that stunk, but in 1986 I only remember watching one game and my parents were lamenting the play of Lindsley. Quarterbacks 9-11 represent all things wrong with the 2002-2003 teams.
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Unbelievable game. I can't stop thinking about it. I think Beck has to join the Pantheon. His stats are there and he'll go down as the QB that led the Cougars back to glory after the Crowton years.
This has been the strangest season of BYU football ever for me. I've never watched so little of their season except when I was on my mission. I'll always remember four things about this year. First, it'll go down in my memory as the year of the idiotic television deal. Second, the Cougars were the best they've been in years. Third, I'll forever rue the losses to AZ and BC. And fourth, I'll never forget that Utah game. That's pretty much it. Everything else is a blur of reading newspaper articles and following the games on espn.com to try to keep up with the Cougs in the absense of watching the games on tv.
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