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Tuesday, November 28, 2006
BYUCougars.com - Beck Named National Player of the Week
BYUCougars.com - BYU Football Press Release: "Beck Named National Player of the Week"
After his gutsy performance against Utah, John Beck has been named the Walter Camp Football Foundation National Offensive Player of the Week."He came in the huddle and said, 'We're going to get this done. We are going to go down and score.' He was just cool, calm and collected. John Beck was a man in there."
After driving 64 yards in nine plays, the Cougars faced a first-and-10 from the Utah 11-yard line with just four seconds remaining. On the final play of the game, Beck took the snap and started to drift to his left, directing traffic. With only a three-man rush, Beck was eventually flushed to the right when senior tight end and Mackey Award candidate Jonny Harline broke free on the left side of the endzone. Running to his right, from the right-side hash mark, Beck flung the ball all the way back across the field to Harline who was wide open in the left side of the endzone. The last-second play capped a 10-play, 75-yard drive that took up the final 1:19 in the game and gave the Cougars their first victory over Utah since 2001.
The play, which took over 12 seconds to complete, was selected as the ESPN SportsCenter top play of the day.
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