Costello Trending Husky

maroonmania

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Let me see if u get this.

Costello is a former HS 4 star with a .9735 rating.

Brice is a former HS 3 star with a .854 rating

Ramsey is a former HS 3 star with a .832 rating.

Currently on campus we have 2 4 stars with ratings above .92 and a 4 star with just around .90

All are dual threat, but much higher rated than our 2nd and 3rd potential transfer.

We just signed a high 3 star out of high school o who is in campus and in the S& C program right now. He is a Pro style.

If we don’t get Costello, why would we go after former 3 stars?

Those ratings don't mean much if a specific QB doesn't fit an offense. Leach is looking for a highly accurate passer that can make quick decisions on where to go with the ball. There are some highly rated QBs that are of more the dual threat variety who absolutely do not fit that description.
 

Uncle Ruckus

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maybe becausebeing a highly rated high school player doesn't mean you are going to be a good college player? would you rather have 94 rated Keytaon or 2 star Dak? Should we not offer a Dak because we have higher rated QBs on campus?
 

bruiser.sixpack

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Just playing both sides of the argument. Either way, Leach will figure it out unless he wants to be “just okay”.
 

patdog

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Agree. Not too worried about Leach finding a QB to be productive this fall.
 

OliveBranchDAWG

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Let me see if u get this.

Costello is a former HS 4 star with a .9735 rating.

Brice is a former HS 3 star with a .854 rating

Ramsey is a former HS 3 star with a .832 rating.

Currently on campus we have 2 4 stars with ratings above .92 and a 4 star with just around .90

All are dual threat, but much higher rated than our 2nd and 3rd potential transfer.

We just signed a high 3 star out of high school o who is in campus and in the S& C program right now. He is a Pro style.

If we don’t get Costello, why would we go after former 3 stars?

I agree with this. If we don’t get Costello I’d rather ride with Shrader/Rogers rather than bring in Indiana’s 3 star QB for a year.

I’m sure Ramsey is a solid QB, but I’m excited to see what Shrader can do with a competent HC in a proven offense.
 

engie

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How about we just trust the best qb evaluator and developer in college football for the last 20 years and check our own opinions.
 

deadheaddawg

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How does the starting QB not get accepted into grad school? I know Stanford is a great academic school, but I'm calling ******** on him not being accepted into their grad school until I see a solid source that says otherwise.

Stanford is one of the main schools in the middle of the Hollywood college admission scandal going on right now

Not saying this is a factor, because I'm just speculating, but it seems logical that they would be laying low right now on any funny business when it comes to admission
 

patdog

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Yeah. I'm OK with going with what we have at QB, but if Leach can bring in a guy he thinks can be good, he needs to do it.
 

Megiddo

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Something particularly important to understand about Leach is that he allows all of his QBs to compete for the main job. He's not a guy that just automatically takes the most senior or most experienced. Take last year for example. After Minshew's one year was over, Leach set out to find yet another transfer QB and landed Gage Gabrud, a guy who threw for over 11,000 yards and 80-something TDs for Eastern Washington. Everyone in Pullman thought "Well, guess Gabrud is our QB now". Yet once the season was about to start, it was Anthony Gordon, a guy who had thrown the ball just 5 times in the season prior, who was given the starting job by Leach. And you just need to look at the ludicrous record breaking passing stats that Gordon put up to see he made the right choice. Leach knows his QBs. No other Power 5 school made an offer for Anthony Gordon. Gardner Minshew was benched at ECU and was planning to just get his future coaching career started early at Alabama. The number of stars doesn't matter to Leach's system. What matters is that the QB can listen, do what is told, and execute the system that Leach operates with perfection.

Also, I'm new here. Clicked the "reply to thread" button, so I'm not sure why this one is filed as a reply to deadheaddawg's post above. Sorry for that, it's not meant to be a reply to any particular post. Just some thoughts as a Texas Tech fan turned Washington State fan now-turned Mississippi State fan as someone who just loves watching Mike Leach football.
 
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PCHSDawg

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Something particularly important to understand about Leach is that he allows all of his QBs to compete for the main job. He's not a guy that just automatically takes the most senior or most experienced. Take last year for example. After Minshew's one year was over, Leach set out to find yet another transfer QB and landed Gage Gabrud, a guy who threw for over 11,000 yards and 80-something TDs for Eastern Washington. Everyone in Pullman thought "Well, guess Gabrud is our QB now". Yet once the season was about to start, it was Anthony Gordon, a guy who had thrown the ball just 5 times in the season prior, who was given the starting job by Leach. And you just need to look at the ludicrous record breaking passing stats that Gordon put up to see he made the right choice. Leach knows his QBs. No other Power 5 school made an offer for Anthony Gordon. Gardner Minshew was benched at ECU and was planning to just get his future coaching career started early at Alabama. The number of stars doesn't matter to Leach's system. What matters is that the QB can listen, do what is told, and execute the system that Leach operates with perfection.

Also, I'm new here. Clicked the "reply to thread" button, so I'm not sure why this one is filed as a reply to deadheaddawg's post above. Sorry for that, it's not meant to be a reply to any particular post. Just some thoughts as a Texas Tech fan turned Washington State fan now-turned Mississippi State fan as someone who just loves watching Mike Leach football.
Thanks for the insight and welcome aboard.
 

Dawg_4_lifes

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Something particularly important to understand about Leach is that he allows all of his QBs to compete for the main job. He's not a guy that just automatically takes the most senior or most experienced. Take last year for example. After Minshew's one year was over, Leach set out to find yet another transfer QB and landed Gage Gabrud, a guy who threw for over 11,000 yards and 80-something TDs for Eastern Washington. Everyone in Pullman thought "Well, guess Gabrud is our QB now". Yet once the season was about to start, it was Anthony Gordon, a guy who had thrown the ball just 5 times in the season prior, who was given the starting job by Leach. And you just need to look at the ludicrous record breaking passing stats that Gordon put up to see he made the right choice. Leach knows his QBs. No other Power 5 school made an offer for Anthony Gordon. Gardner Minshew was benched at ECU and was planning to just get his future coaching career started early at Alabama. The number of stars doesn't matter to Leach's system. What matters is that the QB can listen, do what is told, and execute the system that Leach operates with perfection.

Also, I'm new here. Clicked the "reply to thread" button, so I'm not sure why this one is filed as a reply to deadheaddawg's post above. Sorry for that, it's not meant to be a reply to any particular post. Just some thoughts as a Texas Tech fan turned Washington State fan now-turned Mississippi State fan as someone who just loves watching Mike Leach football.

Can you dunk? Got any good Dale’s recipes? Have you been to Bogue Chitto? Also, do you prefer Golden Corral or Ryan’s? I’ll hang up and listen.
 

archdog

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Disagree. Its not being a sucker to pay these folks. The hustle and work hard to feed my appetite for MSU related content. Paying them 100 dollars a year to bring me info is cheap. Sure, info gets out anyway. I like to support the people involved in my favorite pastime