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Costello to start - announced - FarmBoy - 11-02-2017

Thought it worthy of its own thread instead of the speculative.

Re: Costello to start - announced - CardinalSagehen - 11-02-2017

(11-02-2017, 06:19 PM)FarmBoy link Wrote:Thought it worthy of its own thread instead of the speculative.

If this kind of long-awaited news isn't worthy of its own thread, then I don't know what is!

Thank you!Â There's hope for us yet...

Re: Costello to start - announced - winflop - 11-02-2017

https://twitter.com/StanfordFball/status/926255719598342145

HALLELUJAH!!!!

Re: Costello to start - announced - BostonCard - 11-02-2017

https://twitter.com/rj_abeytia/status/926259604031279104

Also, whether Chryst would play at all merited a no comment.

BC

Re: Costello to start - announced - lex24 - 11-02-2017

Stunned.

Re: Costello to start - announced - pcgoode - 11-02-2017

KJ has many talents, and the one that I think will help the most vs Washington State and distinguishes him from KC is his mobility and speed. He is a very credible threat to keep the ball and do some damage on zone reads. Hogan had a field day running the ball vs the Cougars a couple of years ago when nothing else was working well.

Re: Costello to start - announced - washingtonismoney - 11-02-2017

(11-02-2017, 07:59 PM)pcgoode link Wrote:KJ has many talents, and the one that I think will help the most vs Washington State and distinguishes him from KC is his mobility and speed. He is a very credible threat to keep the ball and do some damage on zone reads. Hogan had a field day running the ball vs the Cougars a couple of years ago when nothing else was working well.

Re: Costello to start - announced - Goose - 11-02-2017

Makes a lot of sense. I am a bit surprised, but I am pleased. As others have said, running the ball agsinst WSU was big 2 years ago. Being able to do that can't hurt.

Re: Costello to start - announced - TinderForMidgets - 11-02-2017

Finally. We have a chance to win the games on our schedule.

Re: Costello to start - announced - CornFed - 11-02-2017

(11-02-2017, 08:07 PM)TanaciousD link Wrote:Finally. We have a chance to win the games on our schedule.

Welcome to active status TanaciousD.

Re: Costello to start - announced - lex24 - 11-02-2017

And the weather forecast currently is not that bad. High 30s. Partly cloudy. Low winds.Â Only 20% chance of rain/snow

But its in a window. Snow Friday night and Sun. So who knows.

Re: Costello to start - announced - BostonCard - 11-02-2017

(11-02-2017, 08:07 PM)TanaciousD link Wrote:Finally. We have a chance to win the games on our schedule.

Re: Costello to start - announced - martyup - 11-02-2017

I think this is one piece of the puzzle we must put together to get a win in Pullman.Â Many other pieces will need to come into place.Â

I am glad we have two capable QBs that are ready to play.Â Let's hope KJ can lead our O to the end zone frequently.

Re: Costello to start - announced - ThePassionOfTheChryst - 11-02-2017

So he apparently was not ready to play at all against a garbage Oregon State team, but a week later he is ready to start up at the Palouse in a game with major Pac-12/NY6 ramifications? I've been pounding the table for him, so I'm excited. But it's interesting timing by Shaw.

Re: Costello to start - announced - washingtonismoney - 11-02-2017

(11-02-2017, 08:49 PM)ThePOC link Wrote:So he apparently was not ready to play at all against a garbage Oregon State team, but a week later he is ready to start up at the Palouse in a game with major Pac-12/NY6 ramifications? I've been pounding the table for him, so I'm excited. But it's interesting timing by Shaw.

well, my conspiracy theory is that Costello was being held out as part of the "sandbagging" operation,* with the plan being to re-introduce him for WSU as an element of surprise. Chryst's struggles forced the issue.

*(I know, the precise term "sandbagging" raises some objections. But I think, to a certain degree, coaches hold back stuff against bad opponents.)

Re: Costello to start - announced - pcgoode - 11-02-2017

(11-02-2017, 08:03 PM)washingtonismoney link Wrote:[quote author=pcgoode link=topic=17885.msg209869#msg209869 date=1509677958]
KJ has many talents, and the one that I think will help the most vs Washington State and distinguishes him from KC is his mobility and speed. He is a very credible threat to keep the ball and do some damage on zone reads. Hogan had a field day running the ball vs the Cougars a couple of years ago when nothing else was working well.

Well, not to retread old debates but... KC definitely had mobility and speed. Maybe not Luck or Cam Newton level, but definitely a plus athlete for a college QB.* He just was inconsistent about when he chose to utilize it.

*(e.g., FWIW, Chryst had a 98 SPARQ rating in high school: http://www.espn.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/player/combine/_/id/141105/keller-chryst ... which is pretty good. Not amazing, but certainly better than average.)
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I probably should have added "relative" in there somewhere. I don't have any stats to back this up, but it seems to me based on the wildly subjective eye test that KC has lost a step, burst or some general mobility since his knee injury. Not to say that he won't eventually be back to the way he was, but it's been less than year than he was injured in the Sun Bowl.

Re: Costello to start - announced - TinderForMidgets - 11-02-2017

(11-02-2017, 08:11 PM)CornFed link Wrote:[quote author=TanaciousD link=topic=17885.msg209872#msg209872 date=1509678430]
Finally. We have a chance to win the games on our schedule.

Welcome to active status TanaciousD.
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Ayyyy. Just got started; was hoping to find other crazy football fans.

Re: Costello to start - announced - TinderForMidgets - 11-02-2017

(11-02-2017, 08:42 PM)Boston Card link Wrote:[quote author=TanaciousD link=topic=17885.msg209872#msg209872 date=1509678430]
Finally. We have a chance to win the games on our schedule.

Because somehow we had no chance to win the 6 games on the schedule we already won (including 4 wins with Chryst as the main QB).

BC

PS, I agree with the decision to Start Costello but Im on a lonely crusade against hot-take-ism.
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We played against easy teams that didn't expose Chryst but now we have to play hard teams like Notre Dame, UW, WSU plus a spooky Cal team.

Re: Costello to start - announced - martyup - 11-02-2017

(11-02-2017, 09:25 PM)TanaciousD link Wrote:[quote author=CornFed link=topic=17885.msg209874#msg209874 date=1509678689]
[quote author=TanaciousD link=topic=17885.msg209872#msg209872 date=1509678430]
Finally. We have a chance to win the games on our schedule.

Welcome to active status TanaciousD.
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Ayyyy. Just got started; was hoping to find other crazy football fans.
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Any story behind the spelling in your user name?

Re: Costello to start - announced - washingtonismoney - 11-02-2017

(11-02-2017, 09:20 PM)pcgoode link Wrote:I probably should have added "relative" in there somewhere. I don't have any stats to back this up, but it seems to me based on the wildly subjective eye test that KC has lost a step, burst or some general mobility since his knee injury. Not to say that he won't eventually be back to the way he was, but it's been less than year than he was injured in the Sun Bowl.

Yeah, it's certainly possible. But, FWIW, against Oregon State, he was able to escape the pocket at times. I simply believe Chryst just doesn't make consistently good decisions. If you put Kevin Hogan's brain in Chryst's body you'd have a first-round QB.