Carson Beck came to Miami to win a national championship. His chance at that has arrived
AP It was back in late September Miami had just beaten Florida and someone narrated Hurricanes star Carson Beck that he was just the third quarterback in years to go - as a starter against the Gators Beck smiled politely He didn t care I m here for something more significant Beck noted Nothing more really needed to be disclosed What Beck a member of two national championship teams at Georgia meant was clear He chose Miami as the transfer destination for his final season of college football because he requested to compete for another national title And by the slimmest of margins he and the Hurricanes have that opportunity Miami the No seed in the College Football Playoff will excursion to face seventh-seeded Texas A M - in a first-round battle on Saturday The Hurricanes - were the final at-large club selected for the CFP field No Tulane and No James Madison are ranked below Miami but got in as conference champions This organization is excited to compete Beck mentioned We re excited to go out there and show the product and the brand of what The U is and what it stands for and the custom of who we are We ve been preparing our butt off and we re ready to go compete Among evolving players with at least starts nobody in major college football has a better record than Beck s mark of - With yards so far in his career he s the leader among working players at the FBS level Among FBS quarterbacks with more than passes attempted this season Beck was No nationally in completion percentage He connected on of his throws Ohio State s Julian Sayin completed for the top spot And Beck put up those numbers even after a midseason slump of sorts where he threw six interceptions not all his fault in losses to Louisville and SMU It s sometimes hard to remember that at this time last year Beck was facing a the greater part uncertain future He was preparing for major surgery that would basically rebuild his elbow He had to decide between entering the NFL draft or picking a new school for this year since it was no secret that he and Georgia would be parting solutions And when he came to Miami he had to wait months before he could do any throwing Over the four-game winning streak that got Miami into the playoff Beck completed of his throws for yards touchdowns and one meaningless interception To see a guy that came in under so much scrutiny and having to recover from surgery and everything else to grow like he s grown and now come down to the end playing his best football down the stretch I think it s awesome Miami coach Mario Cristobal explained It s awesome to see how he approaches each and every day He is really really driven His practices have been outstanding Happy for these guys but happy in the sense that I got to push him more Beck will shatter the Miami record for single-season completion percentage he could go for against Texas A M and still be ahead of the school-record pace that No draft pick Cam Ward set last year He set another school record with consecutive completions Now he has a chance to do something that no Hurricanes quarterback since Ken Dorsey did in He has a chance to lead Miami to a national championship It s crazy how much can happen in a year Beck mentioned Here we are right It s been one hell of a year and there s been a lot of adversity that we ve had to face as a club that I ve had to face individually Texas A M s defense doesn t give up much ranking th nationally in yards allowed eight spots behind Miami on that list And Kyle Field the Aggies home is notoriously intricate for visiting teams But Beck has seen just about everything which gives Miami tons of confidence He s been in big games This is nothing that he hasn t been in Miami offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson explained I do think that that matters And so his poise is going to be basically contagious through the whole group
