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Gordon Monson: BYU's JamaalWilliams gets his record -- and a win

But the record, he got — 3,468 yards. And the crowd cheered him.

Nobody among the Cougars is under any illusion that Williams is not the team's best player, although, at times, the play calling makes you wonder. Opponents know it, too. Long for the big-time passing attack all BYU wants, its running back is its man. It's not Taysom Hill, who has his talents as a quarterback, but consistently throwing the ball with accuracy isn't one of them.

Williams before Friday night ranked second in the nation in rushing yards and in rushing touchdowns and had even appeared on Heisman watch lists, thanks to three straight weeks of gaining in excess of 160 yards, nearly 300 against Toledo.