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But, it's one thing to offer a guy, and another to actually pick him as the starter when he clearly isn't up to the job. 

What do you suggest one should do if he is the best you have but is not up to the job? I don't think you can send Petersen a nice note saying we give up and cancel the game :). Seriously, I think Burns got a raw deal. He had to play basically all the "hard" games. He won some of them, but by Colorado he was clearly a wreck. Chryst got to play the "easy" opponents, and the perception is that Chryst was "much better". I was never convinced of that. I was not real happy with Chryst either. It is probably not fair to use this year's performance by Chryst as justification for my opinion, because I also think Chryst is not back to where he was physically. Look at the difference between Scarlett this year and last. Speed-wise, not the same guy. If Chryst could move, maybe he would look a lot better, but it was clear in the designed run against UCLA that he was more than a step slow. Next year, it may be a different story, but he is a statue right now. So, between Burns and Costello, I think you have to take Costello. I expect we will see a bit of both, mostly Costello.

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But, it's one thing to offer a guy, and another to actually pick him as the starter when he clearly isn't up to the job. 

What do you suggest one should do if he is the best you have but is not up to the job? I don't think you can send Petersen a nice note saying we give up and cancel the game :). Seriously, I think Burns got a raw deal. He had to play basically all the "hard" games. He won some of them, but by Colorado he was clearly a wreck. Chryst got to play the "easy" opponents, and the perception is that Chryst was "much better". I was never convinced of that. I was not real happy with Chryst either. It is probably not fair to use this year's performance by Chryst as justification for my opinion, because I also think Chryst is not back to where he was physically. Look at the difference between Scarlett this year and last. Speed-wise, not the same guy. If Chryst could move, maybe he would look a lot better, but it was clear in the designed run against UCLA that he was more than a step slow. Next year, it may be a different story, but he is a statue right now. So, between Burns and Costello, I think you have to take Costello. I expect we will see a bit of both, mostly Costello.