Once upon a time in West Texas, a fictional quarterback named Matt Saracen scored a last-second, game-winning touchdown by juking an entire defense with the subtlest of moves. It was the Mud Bowl in a TV show called "Friday Night Lights," and Saracen's touchdown run punched the Dillon Panthers' ticket to the state championship game -- and it got Julie Taylor to kiss him afterwards.
That's pretty much what 49ers rookie quarterback C.J. Beathard did on Thursday -- minus the Julie Taylor kiss. Beathard's 62-yard touchdown run happened in real life, against an NFL defense, and in an actual NFL preseason game, but still, the similarities are uncanny.