[Mick]

It is shocking how bad Stanford is at QB.  Stanford may as well be running the wildcat every play, without a scholarship QB on the field, and let CMac throw some passes, or run the single wing.  Effectively they did that with Chryst in there.

Oregon's defense stinks, but its offense will score points on Stanford.  I don't know how Shaw can possibly put Chryst out there again.  By QBR he was better than against Arizona, but 10-17 for 60 yards and a couple fumbled snaps makes it pretty clear Burns is the best option.  And did you see how may points WSU put up on Arizona?

Chryst no doubt has a crazy strong arm, but he doesn't have the feet, field vision, or accuracy needed to play the position at the Power 5 level or higher.  Burns doesn't either, but he is better.  Please, David Shaw, do the right thing and go back to Ryan Burns.

I'd have to agree.  Chryst has the deer-in-a-headlight look.

I had a different experience yesterday.  Once a year, I go to the Big House, so I went to watch Michigan thump Maryland 59-3.  The QB play of senior Wilton Speight is very strong.  Officially #14 in the NCAA ratings chart, he's a very heady player.  On broken plays, there's always at least one receiver who has achieved separation.  He has four RBs who can run, catch and block.  He gets a lot of time from a strong, smart, experienced line.  He's only thrown three INTs, only had 12 sacks.  He set a Michigan record for passing in a half with around 262 yards (don't recall the exact number).

More to the point, Michigan's team is very disciplined.  They don't miss tackles, they don't fumble snaps, they don't have stupid penalties.  At the beginning of the year, I honestly thought it would be Stanford in the NCAA championship, then after a loss I thought Stanford might meet Michigan in the Rose Bowl, which I thought would be pretty cool.  But there is a world of difference between the two teams.  Stanford's defense can play with Michigan's offense, for sure.  I'm not sure Stanford's O would get more than a few first downs against them. 

At the post-game tailgate, one of the Michigan fans opined that the Pac-12 didn't have a team as bad as Maryland.  Well, maybe.  Even after the game, Maryland is 5-4 and 2-4 in the Big 10 with wins over Purdue and Michigan State.  The point is that Michigan is an extremely disciplined team.  I just didn't see many mistakes.

[Mick]

It is shocking how bad Stanford is at QB.  Stanford may as well be running the wildcat every play, without a scholarship QB on the field, and let CMac throw some passes, or run the single wing.  Effectively they did that with Chryst in there.

Oregon's defense stinks, but its offense will score points on Stanford.  I don't know how Shaw can possibly put Chryst out there again.  By QBR he was better than against Arizona, but 10-17 for 60 yards and a couple fumbled snaps makes it pretty clear Burns is the best option.  And did you see how may points WSU put up on Arizona?

Chryst no doubt has a crazy strong arm, but he doesn't have the feet, field vision, or accuracy needed to play the position at the Power 5 level or higher.  Burns doesn't either, but he is better.  Please, David Shaw, do the right thing and go back to Ryan Burns.

I'd have to agree.  Chryst has the deer-in-a-headlight look.

I had a different experience yesterday.  Once a year, I go to the Big House, so I went to watch Michigan thump Maryland 59-3.  The QB play of senior Wilton Speight is very strong.  Officially #14 in the NCAA ratings chart, he's a very heady player.  On broken plays, there's always at least one receiver who has achieved separation.  He has four RBs who can run, catch and block.  He gets a lot of time from a strong, smart, experienced line.  He's only thrown three INTs, only had 12 sacks.  He set a Michigan record for passing in a half with around 262 yards (don't recall the exact number).

More to the point, Michigan's team is very disciplined.  They don't miss tackles, they don't fumble snaps, they don't have stupid penalties.  At the beginning of the year, I honestly thought it would be Stanford in the NCAA championship, then after a loss I thought Stanford might meet Michigan in the Rose Bowl, which I thought would be pretty cool.  But there is a world of difference between the two teams.  Stanford's defense can play with Michigan's offense, for sure.  I'm not sure Stanford's O would get more than a few first downs against them. 

At the post-game tailgate, one of the Michigan fans opined that the Pac-12 didn't have a team as bad as Maryland.  Well, maybe.  Even after the game, Maryland is 5-4 and 2-4 in the Big 10 with wins over Purdue and Michigan State.  The point is that Michigan is an extremely disciplined team.  I just didn't see many mistakes.