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Though the numbers are small, Costello's play does seem to rise up to the level of his competition.  Last year, his best game was against #11 Notre Dame; his worst game was against Washington State.  This year his best game was against Oregon; his worst was against Davis.  Kind of fits descriptions of his personality as a "fiery competitor".

BC

I do think Costello seems to play big in big games (he also came up with some big plays in the pac-12 champ game). But I'm not sure I buy the Washington State half of this equation. At the time Stanford played Wazzu, the Coogs were up to #25 in the nation with a 7-2 record. I'd attribute the weak performance to Wazzu's strong defense.

It was in relative terms.  His other games last year after being named the starter: Washington (front-runner in the Pac-12N at the time), Cal (the weakest team he played, but it's still the rivalry game for a chance to win the P12N), Notre Dame (9-2 and ranked), USC in the Pac-12 championship, and TCU in the Fiesta Bowl.

Cal and Washington State were the only two teams that were not ranked.
If you add the games he played when Chryst was injured, ASU and Utah were worse teams.

BC

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Though the numbers are small, Costello's play does seem to rise up to the level of his competition.  Last year, his best game was against #11 Notre Dame; his worst game was against Washington State.  This year his best game was against Oregon; his worst was against Davis.  Kind of fits descriptions of his personality as a "fiery competitor".

BC

I do think Costello seems to play big in big games (he also came up with some big plays in the pac-12 champ game). But I'm not sure I buy the Washington State half of this equation. At the time Stanford played Wazzu, the Coogs were up to #25 in the nation with a 7-2 record. I'd attribute the weak performance to Wazzu's strong defense.

It was in relative terms.  His other games last year after being named the starter: Washington (front-runner in the Pac-12N at the time), Cal (the weakest team he played, but it's still the rivalry game for a chance to win the P12N), Notre Dame (9-2 and ranked), USC in the Pac-12 championship, and TCU in the Fiesta Bowl.

Cal and Washington State were the only two teams that were not ranked.
If you add the games he played when Chryst was injured, ASU and Utah were worse teams.

BC