Well that sorta makes sense, but Rogers was pulled on 2nd down of the drive. Seems if we knew we were going 2 min drill, he'd go ahead and get Costello out there on 1st down too.
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The reason I believe Leach keeps giving Costello a shot is because he feels like he owes it to him due to convincing him to transfer here (which usually involves promises). Other reasons are The Oline problems are a big contributor to his shortcomings and Will is too young and inexperienced to put a gap between them. If either of these two things changed, Will would clearly start going forward.
I suspect (I am not an insider or at practice or anything like that so this is just a guess based on interviews) what is happening is Costello is probably practicing pretty well and not translating it over during game time. And Rogers being a freshman probably has some freshman moments in practice I'm sure which closes the gap between the two. The difference is Will performs better when the lights are on.
Costello looks better in practice going against the scout team....making throws vs a sub par D. Then when SEC D's jump out there- it's a holy shit I'm not in the Pac-12 anymore moment for him.
Roll with Rogers and let him take his lumps and grow. He is a coaches kid- he wont fold under the pressure and it will make him better in the long run