MORERicht sees game as SEC indicator
ATHENS, Ga. – Saturday night’s LSU-Oregon game is the biggest matchup of college football’s opening weekend, but it’s not the premier quarterback showcase.
That will be found in the Georgia Dome, where Boise State’s Kellen Moore and Georgia’s Aaron Murray will guide offenses with young receivers but the potential to sizzle. Moore is a redshirt senior who is 38-2 as a starter and needs eight victories to become the all-time winningest major-college quarterback, while Murray is the consensus All-SEC preseason quarterback as a redshirt sophomore.
“He’s accurate, and he’s a tremendous leader, and that’s what I’m striving to be myself,” Murray said Tuesday. “He definitely has a couple of years on me, and I hope when I’m in his situation as a senior that I’m sort of in the same spotlight as he is.”
Moore completed 273 of 383 passes last season for 3,845 yards with 35 touchdowns and six interceptions, and he became the first Heisman Trophy finalist in program history. He set an NCAA single-season record two years ago by throwing just three interceptions in 431 attempts (.0069), and he set an NCAA freshman record in 2008 by completing 69.4 percent of his passes.