K.J. Costello made *quite* the SEC debut on Saturday for Mississippi State. Costello threw for an SEC record 623 yards and five touchdowns to lead the Bulldogs — a 14.5-point underdog — to a 44-34 road victory over No. 6 LSU.
K.J. Costello is now the SEC's single-game passing king 👑@kj_costello 553 yards (currently), passed Eric Zeier (544, Georgia) 1993.#HailState🐶 pic.twitter.com/4aA8zYxOJY
— Mississippi State Football (@HailStateFB) September 26, 2020
LSU — which is definitely not in the same universe without Joe Burrow — didn’t score in the first quarter, and finally got on the board with a pick-six of Costello in the second quarter to take a 7-3 lead.
No. 6 LSU finally gets some points vs Mississippi State, with a pick-six. pic.twitter.com/dtK2I5c1xx
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) September 26, 2020
And the Tigers scored their first offensive touchdown when quarterback Myles Brennan somehow completed a crazy touchdown pass
But the story of the day was without Costello, a senior who spent the previous three seasons playing quarterback at Stanford. Now, Costello certainly had some help from his playmakers on offense, to go with the lack of playmaking by the LSU defense. That was shown perfectly on this 75-yard touchdown pass to Kylin Hill in the third quarter:
Brutal missed tackle by LSU on this Kylin Hill 75-yard TD reception for Mississippi State. Just push the guy out of bounds. pic.twitter.com/45WmG3hx27
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) September 26, 2020
And in the fourth quarter, Costello made a beautiful pass to Austin Williams for a touchdown to give the Bulldogs a double-digit lead.
K.J. Costello has thrown for 492(!) yards as Mississippi State has LSU on upset alert. pic.twitter.com/CPx6hLZx9i
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) September 26, 2020
Costello reached 623 passing yards with this dagger 24-yard touchdown pass to Osirus Mitchell:
🚨623 PASSING YARDS FOR K.J. COSTELLO🚨 pic.twitter.com/LpsbGgVfdL
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) September 26, 2020
And here’s the Mississippi State radio call of that touchdown:
Here's the Mississippi State radio call on their TD to give K.J. Costello 623 passing yards in a 44-34 upset victory over No. 6 LSU. pic.twitter.com/O5sH9oVwqe
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) September 26, 2020
An absolutely unbelievable debut for Costello, and he should make the Bulldogs a very dangerous team in the SEC. Mississippi State will look to go to 2-0 when they host Arkansas next Saturday.
