The Tale Of 2 Quarterbacks

Tomorrow night Boise State and the Utah Utes tee it up in the Maaco bowl in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is one the more popular non BCS Bowl match ups. ABC is sending the A team of Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit.

Boise State will start Kellen Moore who finished 4th in this years Heisman Race. Moore is undoubtedly one of the best quarterbacks in college football today. He has over a 71% completion rate with 5 picks and very few sacks.

Outside of Utah little is know about back up quarterback Terrance Cain who will be starting for the Utes. He is stepping in for the injured Jordan Wynn who has had shoulder surgery.

Personally I think this gives Utah an edge, the unknown quantity factors into this game. Boise has been able to see little tape on this kid and so he will be more challenging to defend against.

Here is why he will be challenge. When he left high school he moved onto Blinn Jr. College where he preceded Cam Newton. his first year at Blinn was the kind of season every QB dreams about. In 2007 he started his collegiate career with stunning numbers, he set a national Jr College record by completing 71.1 percent of his passes. He kept his foot on the accelerator and in 2008 he led the nation with 3,138 passing yards.

In 2009 he left Blinn to join the Utah Utes and became their starting quarterback and had a strong 7-1 record and was still benched in favor of Jordan Wynn.

This season Cain started against New Mexico and UNLV and had a quarterback rating of 24 points higher than Wynn.

Perhaps the game against BYU is why Wynn was chosen over Cain. Coming into the game in relief of Wynn, Cain had his worst performance as a Ute. He went 2-7 and had two picks.

What he does bring to the table more so than Wynn is his legs. During his career at Utah Cain averages about 50 rushing yards per game, where as Wynn has never rushed for more than 15 yards in a single game.

What Cain brings to this game tomorrow night is a back up who is as good as most starters in the country plus a good set of legs that can make a defense pay. Tape wise he is the unknown quantity but his record precedes him and Boise State has said they need to be ready and not give him any openings to control the game.