John Beck
John Beck
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(If) it was just an isolated fire, it would be done in a few minutes. I never expected it to be this big.
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It was hard to walk off that field. But what is done is done. We expect to do better against San Diego State. This team has character. We've improved over last year, we've improved over last week.
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There's a big mind-set difference. The mind-set comes from the way you work and the way you practice. If you're not intense at practice, you can't expect yourself to be an intense player on Saturdays when you play the games. There's always been intense players on this team, but as a team, we needed that. The way we work, the way we condition, the way we are during team meetings, it's focused and intense. And I know it's going to carry over to the football field. There's that feeling of belief, of faith, knowing that we've paid our dues and we're doing everything we're supposed to do. It's going to pay off.
ballgame fired fix mistakes
We have to be upbeat, find the things that we made mistakes on and fix them and go into this ballgame fired up.
biggest changed few
We've changed a few things (offensively), but the biggest change has been in the way we work,
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We had a chip on our shoulder coming into practice. We wanted to prove something, because we knew how good we were.
grasp plays takes top
We got a grasp of what it takes to play a top 10 team. We had our moments, but we didn't make enough plays to get it done today.
fail grateful
You don't know how grateful I am I didn't fail you.
changed
We try not to have anything red. They just changed it this year.
Obviously, we're disappointed in ourselves, because we know we can be a high-powered offense.
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So many of these plays are set plays, where it's five guys running their specific route and the quarterback throws the ball to whoever the defense dictates is going to get the ball. Whereas in the past, it was each receiver would do certain things to adjust his route to try to get open.
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My family had season tickets to Arizona State games, so I would attend all those games, but I would also try to watch as many BYU games as possible. It's become sort of like the 'Rudy' story, growing up and going to BYU. Even though there were attractive offers from a lot of Pac-10 schools, in my heart I knew all along that this was where I wanted to be, that this was the right place for me.
losing stand
Losing is frustrating, especially when you're up. I can't stand losing.
knowing stuff
We were confident, knowing we'd come back. I thought we were going to win it. Stuff happens.