I've been a college football fan since the early '60s and have attended games all over this country. I consider myself to be a fairly good student of the game.
But enough about me. This story is about a young man by the name of Kellen Moore who is the starting quarterback for Boise State. This guy is the real deal.
Moore is the son of a very successful high school football coach in the state of Washington. While watching Moore play, you can see that he's learned the game well, having been at his father's side since his childhood.
I can honestly say that I have not seen a freshman quarterback as good as Moore. He has the ability to read defenses with the best of them. He utilizes six to eight receivers every game and his passing stats are off the charts. And he's a freshman on top of that!
Opposing defenses will have their hands full with Moore.
Ask the Oregon Ducks about Moore and I'm sure they won't want to talk much about him. He was like a skilled surgeon against one of the best teams in the PAC-10, throwing to eight different receivers for over 300 yards.
And we're talking about an Oregon team with two of the nation's best cornerbacks and quite possibly one the nation's best secondaries. Moore was cool and calm as he diced apart the Ducks and their potential All-Americans.
Granted, Oregon was clobbered by a great USC team last weekend, but when you're talking about one of the elite PAC-10 programs against a WAC team, you are generally talking an Oregon win.
Not this year, and that's because of young Moore.
In the years to come, Moore can really make a mark on the college football world. All-American? Not out of the question. Heisman candidate? If he continues to grow from his already lofty position then I would have to say yes. He's that good.
Full disclosure here: I'm not a die-hard Boise State fan either. In fact, I'm one of the many unfortunate fans of the U of W Husky program!
Perhaps the string of bad seasons my Huskies have had brought me to the Broncos and it's fair to say that indeed I may become a BSU die-hard if I watch much more of Kellen Moore!
They need to change his name to Kellen "the real deal" Moore.
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Drew Roberts 8 months ago
When you're right, you're right! Full disclosure...I am a HUGE Boise State fan, but you nailed this one—Kellen Moore is the real deal and I think we are just getting a small dose of what this kid can and will do in the next few years. I spoke with Boise State hall of fame quarterback Bart Hendricks the other day and he said that Kellen Moore is "way" beyond where he was as a frosh and said that the intangibles that this kid has are extremely rare. It's not often that OCs will throw the entire playbook at a frosh, but the Bronco coaches have done just that with Moore and he's responded by completing 72% of his passes through 4 games. Kid is an absolute baller and you have to watch him to really "get it"...he isn't the biggest, fastest or strongest...but his football IQ is off the charts and I think we're going to see great things from him in short order.
Nice article and keep the faith with UW...things'll turn around soon. Besides, you guys have current bragging rights over my Broncos (too bad Moore didn't start last year in Seattle)
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D. Walker 8 months ago
Drew.........thanks for the kind words. I agree that you have to watch this kid to understand just how good he is. Your point about his football IQ is written better than what I wrote. Personally, I think the guy is off the football IQ charts. I'd take the guy with the huge football IQ over a big, strong armed, fast guy any day. Just look at my UW Huskys. Locker (who's hurt now) is that big, strong armed and fast guy that the BCS programs recruit. But I don't think Locker was or is nearly as good as Moore right now and Locker has a couple of years on him PLUS the tools. If the Husky's were playing the Broncos this year, they'd have a real tough time beating this kid. Keep the faith on the BSU program because as long as they keep Coach Pete, they're going to be more than viable.
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Cody Gilder 8 months ago
Great article. Moore has shown that he is and is going to be a force in the coming years. At the Oregon game, I could not believe how well he did coming into Autzen Stadium, handling the Ducks like he was a veteran! If he continues to improve (how much more could he improve??), then I agree, he's in the running for a heisman.
As for the Huskies, hang in there, they'll improve if they end up with a good coach. I do hope that Chris Peterson stays at Boise though
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