Agreed. The offense is also just broken top to bottom, itās not just Des, itās the position coaches too.
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Rud is a solid coordinator. Probably the best Tony was going to get coming in as a first time head coach at a mediocre football program in a weak football conference. Dez is a different kettle of fish. He represents more or less what you would expect to get in Tonyās situation.
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Was dez what youād expect in that hire? Twice failed as a coordinator at peer or lower programs. He seemingly got the job based on his personal relationship with Tony instead of his resume.
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At best, I expected someone who is unproven (young whiz with some buzz as an assistant) or a retread with a mixed history. We got the latter.
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Des history speaks for itself. Has had numerous failed offenses at all stops. RUD has the defense on the come up tbh, given all the people out.
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While Iām disappointed in Rud this year, I think heās done more than enough in his tenure to keep his job.
Des lost the plot two years ago and has shown no evidence he can design a consistent offense. Thereās more than enough pressure that he wonāt be around by the bowl game.
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What is our record with Chandler (corrected) Morris under center this season? I think we would have won the SMU game for sure. Maybe the WVU game as well. We still would have been blasted in the FSU game.
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Ohh fun question.
I think youāre right SMU is the game that flips to a W. WVU the offense did enough even if it wasnāt pretty, but the defense was so overmatched.
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Chad isnāt around anymore. Would take him back over Des tho!!!
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I wonder if there are any rumblings on Des actually being fired. I could see Tony holding onto himā¦..
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Itās a crap situation for CTE. The noise is too load from outside the office for him to ignore. But heās going have to make a move due to pressure from above.
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We want no part of Chad, his offense at Clemson is currently worse than ours and one of the worst in college football. So far this year theyāve scored eight offensive TDās in six games.
Not a fan of Des, but if the choices are keep him or bring Chad in as OC, Iām keeping Des.
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Did you mean Chandler Morris under center,?
Just trying clarify if you mean Chandler as QB or Chad as OC. The āunder centerā makes me think itās the previous but just checking
Yikes, I knew Clemson was down, but forgot that Old man Morris was calling the plays down in Death Valley.
On a random side note, I was just thinking about all the disappointing teams in college football this year, and I figured this has to be a down year for offenses. Did some research, and nope The stats are far better in 2026 compared to 2025. Thereās a lot of things that could skew the numbers but I was surprised.
I guess I spend too much time watching Virginia, OU, Oregon, Wisc, Tex, Colorado to name a few.
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The only year Des has ever had an offense more than 23.2 ppg in his entire playcalling career was when he had Morris consulting for him.
But, please, by all means, Des Kitchings runs such great offense by himself!
2010 Vandy 16.9 (112 of 120)
2019 NC State 22.1 (107 of 130)
2022 UVa 17.0 (126 of 131)
2023 UVa 23.2 (95 of 133)
2024 UVa 22.7 (107 of 134)
2025 UVa 30.8 (38 of 136)
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If we want fannies in the seats Friday night, we can learn from FAUā¦.
https://x.com/brett_mcmurphy/status/2112596363783659898?s=42
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For any microeconomists out there: is the right profit-maximizing strategy? Iād have thought the Q3 buyers would be pretty price inelasticā¦
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Damn lol. Any names that are connected to Elliott that are worth a damn?
Bunch of Floridians drinking $1 beersā¦ whatās the worst that can happen?
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