Eating Crow: Kellen Moore Named Starting QB at Boise State

Ok, so my "gut feeling" the other day was a tad off.  This is what happens when you channel Hal Mumme's psychic abilities.

Coach Chris Petersen has named his starting quarterback...and Bronco Nation couldn't be happier.  The kid stays in the picture, and Kellen Moore is the guy.

Remember the other day when I said that I thought Bush Hamdan would be the starter?  Well, also remember that I said that I was a huge Kellen Moore bandwagoner...so I definitely don't mind being wrong on this one.

The very fact that Moore was in as tight a race as he was with a fifth-year senior spoke volumes about the poise and determination of the redshirt frosh.

I really like Bush Hamdan, and I think he has shown great leadership in his tenure here, but the next four years at Boise State may indeed be special with the same signal-caller guiding the offense...especially after these beefy youngsters on the O-line get some playing time under their belts.

Petersen offered the following assessment of Moore:

"Kellen has just got great football savvy,” Petersen said.  “He understands our offense extremely, extremely well and he has performed very consistently throughout spring ball and fall camp.”

If you were counting, that was two "extremely"s from Coach Pete.

Moore will be the first freshman quarterback ever to start a season opener when the Broncos take the field against ISU in 10 days.  If Moore performs close to as well on the blue as he did as a Prosser Mustang, bookkeepers should have the whiteout very close to Ryan Dinwiddie's name in the Bronco record books.

Moore and Coach Pete will speak at a presser at 3 PM today...even EF Hutton will be listening.

OBNUG has a conniption.

Statesman tells it like it is.

Clarence gets his wings.