Super Kaep
Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007 @ 2:20 am
I think ESPN analyst Bill Curry has a man-crush on Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
Even as both teams racked up enough points to reign down the unpromised fury of Y2K on the Bronco Stadium scoreboard, Curry spent most of the night praising the Wolf Pack’s freshman quarterback basically everything - scoring touchdowns, throwing the ball out of bounds, standing on the sideline - it didn’t matter. Dude even compared him to Vince Young.
Thing is, I don’t blame him.
Making his first collegiate start, Kaepernick showed himself in a class far superior to anything Boise State had to offer.
He passed for 243 yards and three touchdowns - including three plays of more than 40 yards - and gashed the Broncos defense for 177 yards and two touchdowns, including a 55-yard scramble that set up one of his touchdowns and a 25-yard touchdown scramble in the second overtime where he ran away from Boise State’s cornerbacks.
Kid’s got a strong arm, great size and mobility, and he didn’t turn the ball over once. Through two games, he’s flat out dominated the WAC’s best two defenses.
Kaepernick still has to develop his passing skills, and teams will eventually do things to limit his running. So I’m not ready to anoint him Nevada’s football messiah quite yet - he’ll have his share of tough games as he matures - but his combination of size, arm strength, athleticism, and intelligence makes him one of the most exciting young players in the country.
Kaepernick delivered the kind of trancendent, awe-inspiring, tear-arousing performance against Boise State that escapes words (except for Bill Curry’s).
The only appropriate thing to do it justice is give him a nickname - he shall heretofore be dubbed “Super Kaep.”
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