[OutsiderFan]

Your post matches what I saw.

Maybe Mills wasn't prepared for the game and Shaw didn't want to throw him to the wolves knowing it would be futile.  I imagine its hard enough to get one set of personnel fully ready for a gameplan that might beat a higher regarded team.  At some point, getting the 2nd stringer up to speed has to come at the expense of having the starters as polished as they could be, right?

Then again, we faced a couple of second and third stringers in our middle two games, right. They seemed pretty polished to me.

Which brings you full circle to the problems with the philosophy of the Stanford offense. Let's not also lose sight of the fact ASU has a True Frosh that is killing it now as well.  It is just plainly clear as the day is long that Stanford - for multiple reasons - must simplify what it does on offense so it doesn't take two years for players to get on the field and play proficiently. ASU also started a 17 YO True Frosh LT last night for good measure.

[OutsiderFan]

Your post matches what I saw.

Maybe Mills wasn't prepared for the game and Shaw didn't want to throw him to the wolves knowing it would be futile.  I imagine its hard enough to get one set of personnel fully ready for a gameplan that might beat a higher regarded team.  At some point, getting the 2nd stringer up to speed has to come at the expense of having the starters as polished as they could be, right?

Then again, we faced a couple of second and third stringers in our middle two games, right. They seemed pretty polished to me.

Which brings you full circle to the problems with the philosophy of the Stanford offense. Let's not also lose sight of the fact ASU has a True Frosh that is killing it now as well.  It is just plainly clear as the day is long that Stanford - for multiple reasons - must simplify what it does on offense so it doesn't take two years for players to get on the field and play proficiently. ASU also started a 17 YO True Frosh LT last night for good measure.