Colby Kirkegaard

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He did not won his first start Saturday but he did not lose it for us either. His numbers were not impressive 15-23 for 123 yards with 1 pick but his play was not horrible. You could see spring ball with Brett Smith being out helped him the thing I saw from the cheap seats was he really needs to learn to run threw his progressions and to look off the defenders.

Final grade on Kirkegaard / B -

Thoughts or grades on Kirkegarrd's first UW start?

 

[fromolwyoming]

I think B- is a little generous. True, he wasn't horrible, but nearly all of his passes were screens. The few times he threw down field were to get rid of the ball or to float it to open reciever. Only once did it gor for a first down a 3rd down and get it. The rest were all incredibly short and underthrown even then. A QB at any college leve should be able to complete a pass for 8-9 yards on wide open recievers for te first down. He did it once out of several tries. I'd give him a C.

 

[pokefanchaz7]

My grade for him would also be a c. At points he seemed to really find a rythem and move the chains, but overall he was wildly inconsistent. I got to give the kid a little bit of a break considering this was his first start in a D 1 game but honestly I have no confidence that he can move the chains when it is really important. He had two chances in two games this year to move us just into field goal range and both times it was painful to watch.

 

[COS Cowboy]

My grade for him would also be a c. At points he seemed to really find a rythem and move the chains, but overall he was wildly inconsistent. I got to give the kid a little bit of a break considering this was his first start in a D 1 game but honestly I have no confidence that he can move the chains when it is really important. He had two chances in two games this year to move us just into field goal range and both times it was painful to watch.

I hate to bag on the kid, but for a guy who ran the offense all spring, he sure didn't look like he knew what he was doing to me. At least the OC didn't trust him to use the same play book from the first two weeks. As you said, in 2 games now, when it really counted; just get in field goal range, he failed miserably. If Brett was out for the rest of the season, we don't win another game with a Kirkegaard led offense even if the defense improves significantly.

 

[pokefanchaz7]

My grade for him would also be a c. At points he seemed to really find a rythem and move the chains, but overall he was wildly inconsistent. I got to give the kid a little bit of a break considering this was his first start in a D 1 game but honestly I have no confidence that he can move the chains when it is really important. He had two chances in two games this year to move us just into field goal range and both times it was painful to watch.

I hate to bag on the kid, but for a guy who ran the offense all spring, he sure didn't look like he knew what he was doing to me. At least the OC didn't trust him to use the same play book from the first two weeks. As you said, in 2 games now, when it really counted; just get in field goal range, he failed miserably. If Brett was out for the rest of the season, we don't win another game with a Kirkegaard led offense even if the defense improves significantly.

This I also agree with. I didn't know what Kirkigard was all about until this game but I'm convinced he is not the guy we want leading this team long term. Thankfully it doesn't sound like he will be. I just hope Brett is back for this game and stays healthy the remainder of the season.

 

[laxwyo]

I see no downside in pulling the redshirt on the other kid. He gets valuable experience. If Brett's back next year, he can redshirt then. Play while Brett is hurt or sit and watch next year while not redshirting. What's the diff? Nothing!

 

[wyocowboy2014]

I see no downside in pulling the redshirt on the other kid. He gets valuable experience. If Brett's back next year, he can redshirt then. Play while Brett is hurt or sit and watch next year while not redshirting. What's the diff? Nothing!

This is what I would really like to see.

 

[cowboyz]

I see no downside in pulling the redshirt on the other kid. He gets valuable experience. If Brett's back next year, he can redshirt then. Play while Brett is hurt or sit and watch next year while not redshirting. What's the diff? Nothing!

Great idea, very true. Presently, no one is playing while Brett's healthy, so it seems like a no-brainer.

 

[WyoBrandX]

I think Kirkegaard actually did a fairly good job. I didn't notice before he played, but our O-line ends up penatrated. I guess Brett doesn't care and is squirrelly enough to get out of bad sitations. Colby, I think, spends more time looking for the jail break than looking downfield.

Then again it is the spread offense - the QB isn't supposed to hold onto the ball for very long before getting rid of it. Just two different styles of QB's IMHO.