[Hank 91]

I was hoping the Burns of KSU/U$C/UCLA would re-emerge, but it hasn't happened.  He did enough for Stanford to beat UNC.  I don't think he's been the same since UW, unfortunately.  And apparently he hasn't yet found the coaching or therapy to recover from that.

I agree completely. To me the most telling events in the Sun Bowl were the two grounding penalties and the illegal forward pass. I've watched a lot of football, and I've never seen a quarterback throw a pass from four yards beyond the line of scrimmage. If he were a basketball player we'd say he had no court awareness. Or here's another analogy -- a fish out of water. Except for isolated moments, he never looked remotely comfortable. Some of that rust can be probably be attributed to his two months on the bench, but there appeared to be something more going on.

[Hank 91]

I was hoping the Burns of KSU/U$C/UCLA would re-emerge, but it hasn't happened.  He did enough for Stanford to beat UNC.  I don't think he's been the same since UW, unfortunately.  And apparently he hasn't yet found the coaching or therapy to recover from that.

I agree completely. To me the most telling events in the Sun Bowl were the two grounding penalties and the illegal forward pass. I've watched a lot of football, and I've never seen a quarterback throw a pass from four yards beyond the line of scrimmage. If he were a basketball player we'd say he had no court awareness. Or here's another analogy -- a fish out of water. Except for isolated moments, he never looked remotely comfortable. Some of that rust can be probably be attributed to his two months on the bench, but there appeared to be something more going on.