...however Beck didn't have any legit competition for the starting job so fans just waited for him to develop. Beck had a lot of positives his sophomore year and showed real progress from his freshman year in nearly every measure. 15:8 TD/INT ratio, improved his PER by over 20 pts, displayed some big play talent, team scoring improved by more than a TD a game, etc.

He accomplished that while playing the #11th toughest SOS that season and came within a FG doink off the uprights of beating #14 ranked Boise St in Boise. Had that FG been over by a couple inches and gone through, BYU finishes with a winning record and goes to a bowl game. There was a lot to be excited about in Beck's progress from his freshman year to his sophomore year when looking ahead to his junior season (with much of the talent around him returning).