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Scouting the Nation: Week 1 Pt II

Stock Up: Burton the Burner

Not many players improved their draft stock in week one as much as Utah’s junior cornerback Brandon Burton. On the first drive of the game the cornerback made a quick open-field tackle on a short pass to Pittsburgh’s star wide receiver Jonathan Baldwin. Throughout the night, whenever the Panthers would look for their go-to receiver, they would find Burton running with him stride for stride and the Ute always had inside position. Most of the time, if anyone was going to catch that football it would have been Burton—he was that locked on Baldwin. Burton was effective in press coverage and did his job when giving a cushion. In off coverage, the Texas native displayed a smooth backpedal and flipped his hips with ease to stay with

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FORT WORTH, Texas After leading his team to a 33-30 victory over tenth-ranked Virginia Tech, Boise State junior Kellen Moore has been named The O’Brien Quarterback of the Week. 

The signal caller from Prosser, Wash. completed 23 of 38 passes for 215 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions. Trailing 30-26, the O’Brien Watch List candidate and 2009 O’Brien Semifinalist, led the Broncos to victory with a 13-yard touchdown pass to Austin Pettis with 1:09 to play before a crowd of 86,587 at FedExField in Landover, Md.

“These are the type of opportunities you play for,” said Moore. “This is where some of the big-time quarterbacks are able to make plays. This is your goal.”

Moore’s impressive performance on the national stage kept Boise State’s BCS title hopes alive. But with 11 games left in the season, the

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FORT WORTH, Texas After leading his team to a 33-30 victory over tenth-ranked Virginia Tech, Boise State junior Kellen Moore has been named The O’Brien Quarterback of the Week. 

The signal caller from Prosser, Wash. completed 23 of 38 passes for 215 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions. Trailing 30-26, the O’Brien Watch List candidate and 2009 O’Brien Semifinalist, led the Broncos to victory with a 13-yard touchdown pass to Austin Pettis with 1:09 to play before a crowd of 86,587 at FedExField in Landover, Md.

“These are the type of opportunities you play for,” said Moore. “This is where some of the big-time quarterbacks are able to make plays. This is your goal.”

Moore’s impressive performance on the national stage kept Boise State’s BCS title hopes alive. But with 11 games left in the season, the

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Michigan’s 30-10 drubbing of UConn will be forever remembered as quarterback Denard Robinson’s coming-out party, but a big reason why “Shoelace” was able to run circles around an ill-equipped Connecticut defense was the tremendous push he received all game long from the interior of his offensive line. Here are a few players who sparkled, as well as some that didn’t exactly put their best foot forward.

“Shoelace” ties up the opposition

Robinson was electric in Michigan’s opening game, as he accelerated past the opposition to the tune of 197 rushing yards, including a 32-yard touchdown scamper at the end of the first quarter.

His speed and agility were undoubtedly breathtaking, but he should thank his big uglies up front for giving him enough room to accelerate upfield against a woefully undersized defensive line.

The Florida native was also able to flash his arm strength in the second half with the bullet he fired

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Michigan’s 30-10 drubbing of UConn will be forever remembered as quarterback Denard Robinson’s coming-out party, but a big reason why “Shoelace” was able to run circles around an ill-equipped Connecticut defense was the tremendous push he received all game long from the interior of his offensive line. Here are a few players who sparkled, as well as some that didn’t exactly put their best foot forward.

“Shoelace” ties up the opposition

Robinson was electric in Michigan’s opening game, as he accelerated past the opposition to the tune of 197 rushing yards, including a 32-yard touchdown scamper at the end of the first quarter.

His speed and agility were undoubtedly breathtaking, but he should thank his big uglies up front for giving him enough room to accelerate upfield against a woefully undersized defensive line.

The Florida native was also able to flash his arm strength in the second half with the bullet

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Ann Arbor, MI – After Michigan’s 30-10 opening-day win over Connecticut, hybrid outside linebacker/defensive end Craig Roh, who stands at a lean 6’5” and 251 pounds, joked about how his body is not well-proportioned. The UConn offensive line learned about his “huge thighs,” which allow him to have an effective first step when coming off the edge. Denard Robinson stole the spotlight during the Wolverines’ opener on Saturday, but don’t be fooled into thinking that Roh wasn’t just as exciting to watch, even without the ball in his hands. One could be forgiven for losing track of Roh because he lined up all over the field.  From the five technique to outside linebacker to middle linebacker, playing both in a three-point stance and with his hand off the ground, Roh was very rarely in the same spot twice. He recorded a tackle for a loss on

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