DiMaggio-esque, As in nearly unbreakable in FBS subdivision.
Freshman QBs rarely play (let alone start) to begin their CFB career.
CFB teams play 13 games per year (possibly 14 if they play conference championship).
50 wins is incredible, 50 wins as a starting QB is incredible.
I am not a Boise Fan, but this feat may be one that goes unbroken unless their are major changes to CFB. (like a playoff)
I’m no fan of Boise State but based on their record in recent years they got totally fucked in having to go to this garbage bowl.
Good for them for piling it on.
Still they should have been playing a game near to New Year’s day. Maybe they would get their asses kicked and everybody could say “see”. So what? Nevertheless, they deserved the chance to prove themselves.
BSU got screwed and they proved tonight how badly they got screwed.
I agree that it’s virtually unbreakable. The biggest hurdle is that first year – the record requires that they win 12 games with a freshman at the helm, and a team that starts a freshman at QB is usually in rebuilding mode.
The other factor to consider is that many QB’s of that caliber (or perceived caliber) won’t stay in college for 4 years.
So, yes, I also agree that it is virtually unbreakable.
Moore is 50-3 as a starting QB. His three losses are to TCU twice, both by a point, and Nevada by 3 in OT. He was very close to going 53-0 in his career, except if Boise hadn’t lost those games, they probably would have played someone much tougher in the bowl games. The competition was weak for a big part of that 50, but Boise utterly dominated most of those games. I don’t think it’s quite DiMaggio level (scheduling may change, for instance), but it’s close.
Yep. It’s comparable to 511 wins as a pitcher.
Crazy record, by the way. Both are just on another level. Ken Dorsey’s stranglehold as the quarterback for the #1 football team in college football for nearly his entire time was pretty impressive too.
I don’t know if it all that unbreakable. The DiMaggio hit streak has lasted for over 70 years and the only guy who got close was Pete Rose with 44 in 1978, a little over three-quarters of the way there.
As far as college QBs leaving early, does it happen that often and if it does it is after the junior year. Let’s face it, lots of great college QBs don’t have their success translate into the NFL. So you can get someone of decent talent who lucks into/goes to a great program where the coach will schedule plenty of cupcakes.
While colleges may only play 13-14 games now, is it possible that a few years from now it could go to 15-16? I remember it being 10-11 and the NFL was 12 when I was a kid, expanding to 14 and then 16. Schedules usually expand, they rarely contract. And the freshman eligibility rule has been around for four decades.
I expect at least one other QB will repeat Moore’s feat in the next 20 years.