Over the past two years Boise State's reputation has been growing quickly. It almost seemed perfect that they face a team like Georgia in their first huge national debut. Georgia's good, but they aren't a monster of a team like say Nebraska or Oklahoma. For the last two years Boise's been on one heck of a role. They haven't really faced any extremely good teams though, week after week. Just a moderately hard game here or there, allowing for more recovery time, and what other benefits are sure to come with having a lax schedule. They're easy to love with their bright blue sea of a field up in Boise, Idaho, and near flawless record, but they hadn't proven themselves yet. This was that test. This was the chance for them to say listen, "We win every game handily, and we'll win this one just the same. Sit down and enjoy the show." Who would deliver this message for the Broncos? Oh, that's gotta be my man Kellen Moore.
Kellen Moore: 28/34, 261 yrds, 3 TD, 1 INT
He finally got a big bright center-stage venue to put on a throwing exhibition to silence all the nations doubts. He really did play great, and what's more important, he seemed cool and collected doing it. Can he play in the NFL? YES. Moore can run the play under center, or from shotgun, often times transitioning between the two seamlessly. Boise could get in and out of a no huddle offense during a drive, showing Moore has the presence to command a team. That was my biggest concern, what with the goofy hair and big teeth, but he really does seem to have quality leadership potential. The one interception he did throw looked like a TD pass, but the DB did a great job of cutting in back to the ball, and attacking it at his highest point.
Aaron Murray, Georgia's quarterback played awful throwing for a 55% completion rate. He had two touchdowns, and an interception as well. He looked frantic in the pocket, made some bad decisions, and threw some awful passes. I gotta say, I'm starting to think this guys over-rated. Georgia's defensive line proved that they're one to be feared. When they hit, they all hit. Every player that went down around that line of scrimmage was getting dog piled by at least 6 six big sweaty black men. Watch the game, they were in fact, all black. Anyway, when the red jersey's swarm, things get dangerous. Other than that the entire defensive unit looked awful. There were flashes of brilliance between colossal meltdowns throughout the entire course of the game. Georgia gave up the most points in a season opener since 1974. With this loss, I could see Georgia losing around six games this year. Call me crazy, but the dawgs are on the down slide.
What does this mean for Boise? It gives Boise a complete breeze down the rest of their schedule. They have, yet again, another easy schedule. The benefits of being in a weak conference. It will be interesting to see if there ranking ever does reach #1. It will obviously come down to that, and the question will be, is Boise State really good enough to be in a National Championship. I say yes.
Things of note:
-Boise State's first win over a SEC team.
-Losing Titus Young & Austin Pettis didn't hurt the Bronco's as much as we all anticipated.
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