Boise State's “Get It Done Kid” Kellen Moore—A True Champion: Part One

Throughout the years very few quarterbacks have grabbed my attention the way that young Kellen Moore has. It is Kellen’s cool behavior that enables his greatness.

If BSU fans thought they seen Kellen work this year they merely need to check into the way he will operate the BSU offense next year.

Moore may be the best quarterback (if not, for sure the coolest) since the days of Dan Divine's Notre Dame and Joe Montana.

The difference between Moore and Montana is not necessarily experience of winning as Kellen has done that quite well for a long time (including the recent BSU undefeated regular season, it is the experience of losing.

The experience of losing that Montana witnessed on the bench of Ara Parseghian’s and Dan Devine’s Notre Dame teams eats away at one and begs him to do something, anything to win.

Losing lights a fire under the seats of true competitors. Montana who unlike the Notre Dame starting quarterbacks refused to be beat, eventually being tagged as the “comeback kid.”

Murphy, sports writer for the Idaho Statesman said in his Xmas eve post that, “Quarterback Kellen Moore has never had to lead a fourth-quarter comeback…He'll deliver in that situation at some point in his career, probably because he failed this time…It helps to have experience. It helps to be prepared for what you're going to face...Being challenged once a year—in the bowl game—is a good recipe for losing such affairs.”

Kellen will be prepared and don’t look for him to be doing a lot of losing after taking the hit on the Poinsettia bowl.

It was Kellen’s interception that killed BSU with ample time to get in field goal position.

Kellen and the coaches are responsible for the loss, not the offensive line, not the defense, and sure as heck not the field goal kicker.

It was the BSU kicker Kyle Brotzman who gave them room to hold their heads up with his 10 points (three field goals) and extra point contribution.

Kellen, the true champion he is will learn from his mistakes.