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"But a former QB coaching the rushing game just sounds a little odd to me. Hope he does well!"

This isn't odd at all. We tend to think that the sole purpose of a quarterback is passing the ball. There is a lot more to it. A big part of a quarterback's job is recognizing when defenses are vulnerable to specific running plays. This is especially true at Stanford. Andrew was a master in this regard. When plays were sent in, he had a choice of running three different plays, and 60% of the time he called a running play.

That's a rare skill to have, but David Shaw did say that Tavita was one of the brightest young coaching minds he has ever been around. 

Your comment made me dream about the day when Andrew Luck decides to coach Stanford's football team after David Shaw retires.

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"But a former QB coaching the rushing game just sounds a little odd to me. Hope he does well!"

This isn't odd at all. We tend to think that the sole purpose of a quarterback is passing the ball. There is a lot more to it. A big part of a quarterback's job is recognizing when defenses are vulnerable to specific running plays. This is especially true at Stanford. Andrew was a master in this regard. When plays were sent in, he had a choice of running three different plays, and 60% of the time he called a running play.

That's a rare skill to have, but David Shaw did say that Tavita was one of the brightest young coaching minds he has ever been around. 

Your comment made me dream about the day when Andrew Luck decides to coach Stanford's football team after David Shaw retires.