Updated: March 27, 2006, 10:52 AM ET

Beck eager to add big wins to lofty stats

John Beck has posted the big numbers expected from BYU QBs. Now, he's focused on adding the big wins.

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Rittenberg By Adam Rittenberg
Special to ESPN.com
Even as he surveyed a browbeaten locker room at a stadium eight miles east of the Las Vegas Strip, Bronco Mendenhall knew that BYU's fortunes had finally changed.

The Cougars' appearance in the 2005 Las Vegas Bowl ended a four-year postseason drought, the longest since the school accepted its first invitation in 1974. And, with a few breaks, they would have beaten Cal, a Top 25 team that boasted the Pac-10's best scoring defense.

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