[Goose]

He was obviously an athlete so they should have moved him to safety where the “talent” at the position was not D1 caliber. Instead he rode the pine.

It also may have had a bit to do with what he wanted to do. Moving him to safety was probably not on his list of goals. I suspect that would have be "No and hell no".
He undoubtedly knew he didn't have an ideal skill set for Stanford's "normal" offense as a QB. In order to play it well, he was going to require lots of practice on his own, far more than the NCAA would allow Stanford to mandate or even supervise. He isn't going to the NFL. Why do that? He could play the wildcat and go to Stanford like a "normal" grad student or he could have spent every waking moment trying to become a drop-back passer. I think the choice was obvious.

[Goose]

He was obviously an athlete so they should have moved him to safety where the “talent” at the position was not D1 caliber. Instead he rode the pine.

It also may have had a bit to do with what he wanted to do. Moving him to safety was probably not on his list of goals. I suspect that would have be "No and hell no".
He undoubtedly knew he didn't have an ideal skill set for Stanford's "normal" offense as a QB. In order to play it well, he was going to require lots of practice on his own, far more than the NCAA would allow Stanford to mandate or even supervise. He isn't going to the NFL. Why do that? He could play the wildcat and go to Stanford like a "normal" grad student or he could have spent every waking moment trying to become a drop-back passer. I think the choice was obvious.