[Farm93]

I'd have to go back and re-watch but even Mrs. Winflop was commenting on the playcalling which is almost unheard of.  The most egregious IMnsHO was the 3rd & goal from <1 yard when they lined up heavy left and tried a semi-trick play pitch right that lost 5 yards.  If you can't line it up from that short on 3 consecutive plays & pound it in the end zone you don't deserve to win.

As for Burns, I'd rather burn Mills' redshirt as a backup and have him.  He is just not a good QB in this system.  Maybe he could be more successful in a different system, but in this one he is worse than Nunes was.

Stanford has used that toss out of the tight formation a few times on 3rd down this year and last year.  I think it has been used when teams respond to Stanford's Jumbo package by taking out LBs and putting in guys that are big, but slow.  I would have liked a different 3rd down play, but believe the available roster limited options.  I seem to recall Love getting that type of toss before, so that was probably the preferred play for him since he is not going to push the pile.  My vague recollection of similar plays probably meant UNC saw it in film, so I believe they were prepared for it.  That can happen with the extra prep time.  Not really stressed about it since, again, many college teams struggle when their QB goes down with an in the game injury (see Colorado).

I hope Costello and a future QB recruit will beat out Burns.  However, I believe Burns' best option might be to stay at Stanford now.  At worst he will be #2 behind an unproved redshirt freshmen.  At best (for him) is that the redshirt frosh is not ready so he turns into #1.  Would Burns really get access to a better situation transferring? 

Burns might want to transfer to a team that just lost its project returning starting QB for 2017 and has nothing but unproven freshmen as backups, essentially Stanford's roster without Burns.  My observation here is that Burns' best option is likely to stay.  Therefore, I believe it is hard to just assume he will transfer away.  However, that's does not mean I expect him to be the starter in 2017.

[Farm93]

I'd have to go back and re-watch but even Mrs. Winflop was commenting on the playcalling which is almost unheard of.  The most egregious IMnsHO was the 3rd & goal from <1 yard when they lined up heavy left and tried a semi-trick play pitch right that lost 5 yards.  If you can't line it up from that short on 3 consecutive plays & pound it in the end zone you don't deserve to win.

As for Burns, I'd rather burn Mills' redshirt as a backup and have him.  He is just not a good QB in this system.  Maybe he could be more successful in a different system, but in this one he is worse than Nunes was.

Stanford has used that toss out of the tight formation a few times on 3rd down this year and last year.  I think it has been used when teams respond to Stanford's Jumbo package by taking out LBs and putting in guys that are big, but slow.  I would have liked a different 3rd down play, but believe the available roster limited options.  I seem to recall Love getting that type of toss before, so that was probably the preferred play for him since he is not going to push the pile.  My vague recollection of similar plays probably meant UNC saw it in film, so I believe they were prepared for it.  That can happen with the extra prep time.  Not really stressed about it since, again, many college teams struggle when their QB goes down with an in the game injury (see Colorado).

I hope Costello and a future QB recruit will beat out Burns.  However, I believe Burns' best option might be to stay at Stanford now.  At worst he will be #2 behind an unproved redshirt freshmen.  At best (for him) is that the redshirt frosh is not ready so he turns into #1.  Would Burns really get access to a better situation transferring? 

Burns might want to transfer to a team that just lost its project returning starting QB for 2017 and has nothing but unproven freshmen as backups, essentially Stanford's roster without Burns.  My observation here is that Burns' best option is likely to stay.  Therefore, I believe it is hard to just assume he will transfer away.  However, that's does not mean I expect him to be the starter in 2017.