[murky]

It seems like all of our QBs get accused of staring down receivers.  Who's our last guy who didn't?  Luck?  Was he the only one?

[murky]

It seems like all of our QBs get accused of staring down receivers.  Who's our last guy who didn't?  Luck?  Was he the only one?

[stupac2]

So, I mean, I'm not sure Costello is staring down receivers. It looks like he's just got his OODA loop running fast -- he acquires his target quickly and hits it. "staring down" to me implies waiting a loooonggg time with your eyes trained on one guy.

The tell-tale sign of a QB staring down receivers is DBs breaking on the ball. We don't see that. Of course it may be UCLA's DBs are simply so bad they can't pull it off.

Looking at the highlights to me he did seem to lock onto at least one part of the field, without all-22 it's hard to tell exactly if he's staring someone down. But given that it was his first extensive game action and he'd essentially no practice with the 1's, I'm not going to judge him on this game.

[stupac2]

So, I mean, I'm not sure Costello is staring down receivers. It looks like he's just got his OODA loop running fast -- he acquires his target quickly and hits it. "staring down" to me implies waiting a loooonggg time with your eyes trained on one guy.

The tell-tale sign of a QB staring down receivers is DBs breaking on the ball. We don't see that. Of course it may be UCLA's DBs are simply so bad they can't pull it off.

Looking at the highlights to me he did seem to lock onto at least one part of the field, without all-22 it's hard to tell exactly if he's staring someone down. But given that it was his first extensive game action and he'd essentially no practice with the 1's, I'm not going to judge him on this game.

[Stymie]

Some of trivia guys will answer this ( I hope), but hasn't Stanford seen a number of top rated QB's transfer and fail to perform elsewhere?

Tough crowd.  Good thing we aren't Nebraska.

I remember Babe Laufenberg who was a top-5 QB out of Florida in his recruiting year and then jumped ship when Elway came the next year.  He ended up at Purdue (I think) and had a decent Hoganesque career in the NFL.

[Stymie]

Some of trivia guys will answer this ( I hope), but hasn't Stanford seen a number of top rated QB's transfer and fail to perform elsewhere?

Tough crowd.  Good thing we aren't Nebraska.

I remember Babe Laufenberg who was a top-5 QB out of Florida in his recruiting year and then jumped ship when Elway came the next year.  He ended up at Purdue (I think) and had a decent Hoganesque career in the NFL.

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[quote author=BeegDawg link=topic=17451.msg202910#msg202910 date=1506398670]
Some of trivia guys will answer this ( I hope), but hasn't Stanford seen a number of top rated QB's transfer and fail to perform elsewhere?

Tough crowd.  Good thing we aren't Nebraska.

I remember Babe Laufenberg who was a top-5 QB out of Florida in his recruiting year and then jumped ship when Elway came the next year.  He ended up at Purdue (I think) and had a decent Hoganesque career in the NFL.
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Babe was from Encino or thereabouts.  he was Walsh's big recruit the year prior to Elway.  once Babe saw Elway throw it, he supposedly looked to transfer -- first to Mizzou, then a JUCO and ended up at Indiana with Corso.

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[quote author=BeegDawg link=topic=17451.msg202910#msg202910 date=1506398670]
Some of trivia guys will answer this ( I hope), but hasn't Stanford seen a number of top rated QB's transfer and fail to perform elsewhere?

Tough crowd.  Good thing we aren't Nebraska.

I remember Babe Laufenberg who was a top-5 QB out of Florida in his recruiting year and then jumped ship when Elway came the next year.  He ended up at Purdue (I think) and had a decent Hoganesque career in the NFL.
[/quote]

Babe was from Encino or thereabouts.  he was Walsh's big recruit the year prior to Elway.  once Babe saw Elway throw it, he supposedly looked to transfer -- first to Mizzou, then a JUCO and ended up at Indiana with Corso.

[Mick]

[quote author=BeegDawg link=topic=17451.msg202910#msg202910 date=1506398670]
Some of trivia guys will answer this ( I hope), but hasn't Stanford seen a number of top rated QB's transfer and fail to perform elsewhere?

Tough crowd.  Good thing we aren't Nebraska.

I remember Babe Laufenberg who was a top-5 QB out of Florida in his recruiting year and then jumped ship when Elway came the next year.  He ended up at Purdue (I think) and had a decent Hoganesque career in the NFL.
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Laufenberg was mostly on taxi squads.  He played sixteen games in four years that he was on the active roster, though he only threw passes in two of the years.  The stars aligned for him in 1988, and he played in eight games with six starts for the Chargers.  They went 2-4, he completed 48% of his passes, 4 TDs, 5 INTs, a 59.3 rating.

[Mick]

[quote author=BeegDawg link=topic=17451.msg202910#msg202910 date=1506398670]
Some of trivia guys will answer this ( I hope), but hasn't Stanford seen a number of top rated QB's transfer and fail to perform elsewhere?

Tough crowd.  Good thing we aren't Nebraska.

I remember Babe Laufenberg who was a top-5 QB out of Florida in his recruiting year and then jumped ship when Elway came the next year.  He ended up at Purdue (I think) and had a decent Hoganesque career in the NFL.
[/quote]

Laufenberg was mostly on taxi squads.  He played sixteen games in four years that he was on the active roster, though he only threw passes in two of the years.  The stars aligned for him in 1988, and he played in eight games with six starts for the Chargers.  They went 2-4, he completed 48% of his passes, 4 TDs, 5 INTs, a 59.3 rating.

[CowboyIndian]

I think there's probably a difference between staring down your receiver with a quick release and doing it with a windup.

[CowboyIndian]

I think there's probably a difference between staring down your receiver with a quick release and doing it with a windup.

[CTcard]

I think there's probably a difference between staring down your receiver with a quick release and doing it with a windup.

The real thing is that every college football fan base that is not completely happy with their QB complains that he stares down his receivers.
Now this is mostly true, because most college QBs stare down their receivers, at least most of the time.

The degree it is a problem varies, and that depends upon everything else going on during the play.

[CTcard]

I think there's probably a difference between staring down your receiver with a quick release and doing it with a windup.

The real thing is that every college football fan base that is not completely happy with their QB complains that he stares down his receivers.
Now this is mostly true, because most college QBs stare down their receivers, at least most of the time.

The degree it is a problem varies, and that depends upon everything else going on during the play.

[Stymie]

OK

I got Babe's home state wrong, and I got his eventual Hoosier wrong ,but as Meat Loaf (recent fellow septuagenerian) said 1 out of 3 ain't bad.....

[Stymie]

OK

I got Babe's home state wrong, and I got his eventual Hoosier wrong ,but as Meat Loaf (recent fellow septuagenerian) said 1 out of 3 ain't bad.....