[Snorlax94]

If I were betting I would bet that West starts again.

I agree 100% with the Phogge-meister, because to start McKee would be tantamount to acknowledging that Shaw made the wrong choice in Week 1, starting West. And Shaw, like Trump, WILL NOT ADMIT THAT HE WAS WRONG. He's that stubborn.

If there's one thing that we know to a certainty about Shaw, it's that he is willing to change his starting QB during the season. He has done it three times. He clearly is not too stubborn to make a QB change.

Correct.  But he sometimes does it too late.  In 2012, we had losses to UW and Notre Dame before Hogan took the reins in game 9 against Colorado and won every game the rest of the season.  In 2016, as I have noted, we had three losses before Shaw made the switch to Chryst for game 8, which resulted in six straight victories.  In 2017, Costello stepped in for the injured Chryst for two games (UCLA, ASU, both victories), then was relegated to back-up for three games (Utah, Oregon, Oregon State), then finally got the starting nod against WSU in game 9 of the season.  I remain convinced that giving Costello the starting role after his success against UCLA and ASU would have resulted in a better record.  But we will never know.  So Shaw makes changes, but only when he is up against the wall.  

I think McKee starts against USC. The point of the experienced game manager is that they’re not supposed to turn the ball over, and West threw that bad pick.

[Snorlax94]

If I were betting I would bet that West starts again.

I agree 100% with the Phogge-meister, because to start McKee would be tantamount to acknowledging that Shaw made the wrong choice in Week 1, starting West. And Shaw, like Trump, WILL NOT ADMIT THAT HE WAS WRONG. He's that stubborn.

If there's one thing that we know to a certainty about Shaw, it's that he is willing to change his starting QB during the season. He has done it three times. He clearly is not too stubborn to make a QB change.

Correct.  But he sometimes does it too late.  In 2012, we had losses to UW and Notre Dame before Hogan took the reins in game 9 against Colorado and won every game the rest of the season.  In 2016, as I have noted, we had three losses before Shaw made the switch to Chryst for game 8, which resulted in six straight victories.  In 2017, Costello stepped in for the injured Chryst for two games (UCLA, ASU, both victories), then was relegated to back-up for three games (Utah, Oregon, Oregon State), then finally got the starting nod against WSU in game 9 of the season.  I remain convinced that giving Costello the starting role after his success against UCLA and ASU would have resulted in a better record.  But we will never know.  So Shaw makes changes, but only when he is up against the wall.  

I think McKee starts against USC. The point of the experienced game manager is that they’re not supposed to turn the ball over, and West threw that bad pick.