[Farm93]

Just finished watching the game on DVR haven't had time to read through other comments but here are mine:
- If Shaw was calling plays today he needs to put down the play sheet.  If Bloomgren was calling plays today he needs to go.
- I wish Ryan Burns the best of luck as a graduate transfer QB somewhere else

Taking just those two.

Playcalling -
I thought the play calling was severely restricted by two very important concepts.
#1 - CMAC was not playing.  Hard to completely build in a new set of plays given NCAA rules on practice time, so had to use the next man up thing rather than make big changes to the playbook. More than once I saw plays that would likely have had better outcomes with CMAC on the field. 

#2 - Burns, not Chryst.  When Chryst was in the team was moving the ball.  Once Burns got on the field the plays just seemed to stall out.  As a back-up how many snaps during practice in the last 2 months would he have taken without CMAC in the backfield?  Also, Burns seemed to hold the ball way too long.  That tendency is a problem in the red zone without the featured back on the field.  The coaching staff likely realized that internal clock deficiency essentially eliminating any number of redzone plays that might have been OK for an offense with Chryst and/or CMAC.  Given Chryst's early play and Burns' play I am inclined to believe the offense and playcalling were going to be OK without CMAC, but couldn't absorb the double whammy.

The staff managed to call plays that avoided turnovers and, to some degree, sacks.  The penalties didn't help, but hard to blame those on the playcallers.  Most college teams losing as much of the late season game plan that Stanford lost would have struggled too.  Look at Colorado, for two easy (Pac-12 CG and Bowl Game) examples of how playcalling is ruined with just the QB out, forget the QB and the best player.

Burns leaving-
Is that a given now?  Chryst is not going to play in 2017 if he has a torn ACL.  Given the staff's history on true freshmen it is hard to believe Mills will play unless it is unavoidable.  Therefore, Burns would be QB #2.  Serving as the #2 behind a redshirt frosh would not be awful.  IMHO if Burns could really win a starting job at another program he would be able to beat out a redshirt frosh with zero snaps in this system.

[Farm93]

Just finished watching the game on DVR haven't had time to read through other comments but here are mine:
- If Shaw was calling plays today he needs to put down the play sheet.  If Bloomgren was calling plays today he needs to go.
- I wish Ryan Burns the best of luck as a graduate transfer QB somewhere else

Taking just those two.

Playcalling -
I thought the play calling was severely restricted by two very important concepts.
#1 - CMAC was not playing.  Hard to completely build in a new set of plays given NCAA rules on practice time, so had to use the next man up thing rather than make big changes to the playbook. More than once I saw plays that would likely have had better outcomes with CMAC on the field. 

#2 - Burns, not Chryst.  When Chryst was in the team was moving the ball.  Once Burns got on the field the plays just seemed to stall out.  As a back-up how many snaps during practice in the last 2 months would he have taken without CMAC in the backfield?  Also, Burns seemed to hold the ball way too long.  That tendency is a problem in the red zone without the featured back on the field.  The coaching staff likely realized that internal clock deficiency essentially eliminating any number of redzone plays that might have been OK for an offense with Chryst and/or CMAC.  Given Chryst's early play and Burns' play I am inclined to believe the offense and playcalling were going to be OK without CMAC, but couldn't absorb the double whammy.

The staff managed to call plays that avoided turnovers and, to some degree, sacks.  The penalties didn't help, but hard to blame those on the playcallers.  Most college teams losing as much of the late season game plan that Stanford lost would have struggled too.  Look at Colorado, for two easy (Pac-12 CG and Bowl Game) examples of how playcalling is ruined with just the QB out, forget the QB and the best player.

Burns leaving-
Is that a given now?  Chryst is not going to play in 2017 if he has a torn ACL.  Given the staff's history on true freshmen it is hard to believe Mills will play unless it is unavoidable.  Therefore, Burns would be QB #2.  Serving as the #2 behind a redshirt frosh would not be awful.  IMHO if Burns could really win a starting job at another program he would be able to beat out a redshirt frosh with zero snaps in this system.