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10 mind-blowing college football stats from Week 4: K.J. Costello smashes record books

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BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA - SEPTEMBER 26: K.J. Costello #3 of the Mississippi State Bulldogs celebrates with Greg Eiland #55 of the Mississippi State Bulldogs after throwing a touchdown pass against the LSU Tigers during a NCAA football game at Tiger Stadium on September 26, 2020 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA - SEPTEMBER 26: K.J. Costello #3 of the Mississippi State Bulldogs celebrates with Greg Eiland #55 of the Mississippi State Bulldogs after throwing a touchdown pass against the LSU Tigers during a NCAA football game at Tiger Stadium on September 26, 2020 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

College football in Week 4 was dominated by amazing comebacks and record-setting performances from quarterbacks K.J. Costello and Sam Ehlinger.

If the college football season didn’t feel real before now, Week 4 came in like a hurricane to remind everyone why fall is the absolute best.

The SEC returned with a flourish and the Big 12 continued to produce madness.

Whether you watched every second of the pigskin on Saturday, or are just checking in, these stats will leave you breathless…

1. K.J. Costello wants all your records

A Pac-12 offense and a Pac-12 quarterback in the SEC? Giddy up.

First, K.J. Costello put himself in the company of Dak Prescott.

Then he took his single-game passing record.

Then Costello went after a Rex Grossman mark.

That wasn’t enough for the former Stanford quarterback. Next, he set his sights on the conference record.

https://twitter.com/CFBONFOX/status/1309995241873780745

All told, Costello had 623 yards, which is the 11th-most in an FBS game ever.

2. LSU’s first-half production was bad

Sure, the Tigers were adjusting to life without Joe Burrow, Joe Brady and almost everyone else who drove them to a national championship last year. But still, that first-half offense was not great.

3. LSU’s title defense could have gotten off to a better start

A national champion losing the first game of the new season doesn’t happen all that often.

The loss coming at home was extra rare.

Tiger cans can use their commemorative championship t-shirts to dry their tears.

4. Sam Ehlinger justified the Heisman hype

That Sam Ehlinger guy? Kinda good.

The next opportunity to pass Colt McCoy is already on deck.

5. Texas pulled off an incredible comeback

Ehlinger’s touchdowns were vital for Texas. He produced three of them in the final three minutes of regulation and overtime.

Reminder: Texas trailed by 15 with 3:13 remaining.

6. Oklahoma’s 28-point scoring streak wasn’t enough

Congrats Oklahoma fans, your team may have lost to 28-point underdog Kansas State, but at least your scoring streak didn’t end.

If only the streak had been for 38-point games.

7. Kansas State’s upset was really, really unlikely

Speaking of Kansas State, the fact that they upended the Sooners at all is pretty incredible.

8. Kyle Trask lit up Ole Miss

Florida fans should be extremely pleased with Kyle Trask’s performance against Ole Miss. It was something they haven’t seen in over a decade.

And it got even better than that.

9. Army got a taste of ranked action

Being ranked and playing a ranked team was fun while it lasted for Army.

The Black Knights lost to Cincinnati 24-10 and had just 182 yards rushing on the day. That’ll hurt their average.

10. UCF, they’re saying there’s a chance

Sure, the usual suspects have the best chance to win the national title, but UCF is right there too!

Step one is making the College Football Playoff…Oh, who’re we kidding. UCF doesn’t need the CFP to declare themselves champions. Makes that five percent shot seem low.

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