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[quote author=CTcard link=topic=17483.msg202701#msg202701 date=1506306825]So, Shaw brings in Burns when Chryst gets injured on the first play of the second drive when presumably the team might need some calming. But, then it's Costello.
Then, when Stanford gets pinned back inside its own 10, it's back to Burns for one series. Presumably the vet less likely to freak out and create a turnover.
That was it for Burns other than the first play on our first drive of the second half starting inside our own 10 again. Though this time it was unclear if it was the no-turnover caution or (more likely) a single play from the Burns-package that they wanted to run.

Well, at least that's some sort of rationale. I'm not sure it's a good one, but at least it is one...
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I agree it doesn't seem particularly good reasoning, but it is my best guess of what Shaw was thinking. 

It certainly seems a better explanation to me that one that runs along the lines of "Shaw is a football imbecile with emotional problems that are causing him to make decisions to tank the team."

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[quote author=CTcard link=topic=17483.msg202701#msg202701 date=1506306825]So, Shaw brings in Burns when Chryst gets injured on the first play of the second drive when presumably the team might need some calming. But, then it's Costello.
Then, when Stanford gets pinned back inside its own 10, it's back to Burns for one series. Presumably the vet less likely to freak out and create a turnover.
That was it for Burns other than the first play on our first drive of the second half starting inside our own 10 again. Though this time it was unclear if it was the no-turnover caution or (more likely) a single play from the Burns-package that they wanted to run.

Well, at least that's some sort of rationale. I'm not sure it's a good one, but at least it is one...
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I agree it doesn't seem particularly good reasoning, but it is my best guess of what Shaw was thinking. 

It certainly seems a better explanation to me that one that runs along the lines of "Shaw is a football imbecile with emotional problems that are causing him to make decisions to tank the team."