Virginia Tech Hokies 34 - 3 North Carolina M. Trubisky13-33, 58 YDS, 2 INT ( the other 1year starting qb did not turn the ball over and threw 2 Td passes)
Duke 28-27 North Carolina M. Trubisky 24/33 297 3 INTS. 2 QBR 78.3 (this was a upset by a 4-6, 1-5 Conf freshman Qb-led Duke team. The freshman DID NOT have a T.O.)
North Carolina State 28 - North Carolina 21 Trubisky QBR 66.8 ( North Carolina was the favorite and again was upset see Duke game)
HYUNDAI SUN BOWL ( "big stage game"....sort of speak)
Stanford 25-North Carolina 23 Trubisky QBR 43.3 (3 T.O.'s by Trubisky, 2 picks 1 fumble)
Not sure I would call throwing picks late in the game against Duke for example on 1st and 10 or his interceptions against Stanford that gave Standford the lead good interceptions.
His strength is not that he threw good interceptions. It's that he threw so few of them. Otherwise good writeup.
I really do think that interceptions, touchdowns, completions, and incompletions can be lucky, unlucky, good, bad, etc, and so it's always so much better to watch the games through a couple times rather than to look at statistics.
Take the Duke game for example. In my opinion, by far the worst pass that Trubisky threw in that game (and one of the worst passes I saw him throw in any game) was late in the 2nd quarter on 1st and 10 where Trubisky thought there was an opening that didn't exist because he didn't see the corner dropping and basically threw the ball right to him, but the corner dropped what should have been a "bad" interception.
On the other hand, I think both of the interceptions Trubisky threw in that game would fall into my category of "good" interceptions. On the first one, he made the correct read and threw to an open receiver, but a defensive player made a great athletic play to tip it near the line of scrimmage. I think that was a good read and a good throw, it was just unlucky. On the second one, his team was trailing with about a minute left on the clock and the ball at like his own 10 yard line, which is a reasonable time to try to force a throw you wouldn't otherwise make. The fact that it happened to be first down wasn't really an issue since he was so deep in his own territory with so little time on the clock.
In the Stanford game, the first interception was on 3rd and 4 at midfield in the 2nd quarter, which isn't a bad time or place to throw one. I agree that the second interception was "bad", though. 2nd and 9 deep in your own territory with 14 minutes to play and a small lead is a terrible time and place to throw a pick, and it was an awful read where he didn't see even see the safety. Overall, though, I thought Trubisky played well in the Stanford game, much better than his stat line would tell you. Two separate times in the fourth quarter, receivers dropped what should have been long touchdown passes. This drop was pretty ridiculous:
