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But we didn't expect it to happen, since the only example we could think of Coach Shaw benching a starter for non-performance in the past 7 years was Hogan for Nunes.

What about 2 years ago, when Shaw sat Chryst and installed KJ as QB?

We were specifically thinking about benching a player in the middle of a game, like Nick Saban famously replacing Jalen Hurts for Tua in the middle of the national championship game.

Chryst himself took over from Burns, but like KJ the decision was made before the game started.

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But we didn't expect it to happen, since the only example we could think of Coach Shaw benching a starter for non-performance in the past 7 years was Hogan for Nunes.

What about 2 years ago, when Shaw sat Chryst and installed KJ as QB?

We were specifically thinking about benching a player in the middle of a game, like Nick Saban famously replacing Jalen Hurts for Tua in the middle of the national championship game.

Chryst himself took over from Burns, but like KJ the decision was made before the game started.