There was still no way Rodriguez could have predicted what happened in Boulder that week. It would have been unreasonable to expect his backup quarterback to turn in one of the best performances by a quarterback in college football history. Tate, coming off the bench, decimated the Buffaloes. He rushed for 327 yards, a record for a quarterback, and four touchdowns. He added another 142 yards through the air and another score. Arizona scored touchdowns on six of its first seven drives with Tate at quarterback, and by the time it was over, he had a record and finished the game with a perfect QBR of 100. More importantly, Arizona won 45-42.
In the month of October, Tate, who turned 19 on Monday, has been without question the most productive player in college football. A week after his sensational breakout game against Colorado, he ran for 230 yards and threw for 148 and racked up three more touchdowns in a 47-30 win against UCLA. "That young man is dynamic, and he changes the game," said UCLA's Jim Mora after Tate destroyed the Bruins' defense. "You have to defend him every single play. He makes you miss, and when he gets in the open field he is spectacular. He has had two tremendous games in a row. We put all our energy into stopping him, and we did not get it done." And last week, he led the Wildcats to a 45-44 double-overtime win against Cal. It was a tougher outing for Tate who only accounted for 303 total yards and three touchdowns, but ran for over 100 yards in the first half making it five straight halves he eclipsed that number.
Now, in three weeks' time, Tate has 694 yards rushing this month -- 100 more than the next best player in the country (Wisconsin's Jonathan Taylor), and his QBR (99.5) is unmatched by any quarterback. And despite starting just two games, Tate still has 23 more rushing yards this season (780) than Penn State's Heisman Trophy front-runner Saquon Barkley (757). On his seven touchdown runs this year, he's averaging 57.1 yards per carry and has a touchdown run of 70-plus yards in the past three games.
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