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Chad Morris on decision to play Cole Stoudt


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We asked offensive coordinator Chad Morris Chad Morris
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about the decision to play senior Cole Stoudt on the last two series of the game, and here is what he had to say.

"We had five minutes to go in the game, and we felt like the game was out of hand...out of reach," Morris said. "We wanted to get Cole in and get him some reps in during that time. We decided to put him in. I actually went to Coach Swinney and said, 'Look, my preference is to get Deshaun (Watson) out of the game.' We felt we had a comfortable enough lead, and we didn't want to get anybody hurt and we wanted to get Cole in and get him some snaps."

Morris said if North Carolina had scored again, Watson would have been put back in the game.

"We had talked to Deshaun about getting back and getting ready," he said. "But it was a moot point. We had talked about and the last thing we wanted to do was get somebody hurt."

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TigerNet News®
spacer Good gawd
Flying Tiger
spacer Re: Good gawd
tiger james
spacer wow...5 mins with 2 scores up is out of reach...
CJ_for_Heisman®
spacer and our D tried to show how wrong that thinking was.***
tiger_swimmer®
spacer Well what was the final point difference? IF Watson had
Tiger5
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ContinentalTiger10
spacer That's idiotic. ASK ARKANSAS about 4th quarter leads
Easy G
spacer Stoudt played a few plays after the UNC possession you
Shane_Morgan
spacer Nope. He played before and after the UNC possession I am
Easy G
spacer Yes, I said two possesions. You referred to Cole playing
Shane_Morgan
spacer Re: Yes, I said two possesions. You referred to Cole playing
Mooka
spacer Yup.***
Shane_Morgan
spacer Are you a political analyst for MSNBC?
Flying Tiger
spacer Wait... What!?!
CoolBreeze864®
spacer As this season goes on...
Flying Tiger
spacer LOL. Not impressed with our coaches?...
Shane_Morgan
spacer Not coaching. Recruiting is winning these games. Shouldn't
Easy G
spacer That's a bunch of bullshot...
Shane_Morgan
spacer Yeah like Miami having great talent, yet sucking
Bryanttiger®
spacer Re: Not coaching. Recruiting is winning these games. Shouldn't
FEEL
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pwr333
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CFord1409
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Fjstigerfan
spacer posted that earlier tonight..
tgrfan42069
spacer this comment here..
tgrfan42069
spacer MO got to GO! We know why no other team wants MO as their
tigerfanjack
spacer Well, I can tell you I'd rather have him on
TigerGrant8®
spacer Re: MO got to GO! We know why no other team wants MO as their
FEEL
spacer Re: MO got to GO! We know why no other team wants MO as their
edistobeach
spacer The fact that we won the game is not relevant
Mighty Zep®
spacer You realize he is a big reason we have Watson.***
tigertrain®
spacer Poor ####...even in a pathetic loss to unranked team, your
Shane_Morgan
spacer Your chickens need your help with their coaching decisions.
Tiger5
spacer Please give me a plausible explanation for putting in Stoudt
charlestontiger1977
spacer Re: Please give me a plausible explanation for putting in Stoudt
logans heroes
spacer Re: Please give me a plausible explanation for putting in Stoudt
slumdog
spacer Loved the coots defense's collapse in the final 6 minutes.
Tiger5
spacer Oh yeah, where do you coach?
CharlestonTom®
spacer This sounds dishonest. Morris isn't dumb enough to think that way.
Completely Solid Orange
spacer Chad his holding something back...
CoolBreeze864®
spacer LOL! the old crystal ball strikes again.***
Tiger5
spacer I believe it was important for Cole to come in the game
wildblulou®
spacer Why in the world does that even matter
Mighty Zep®
spacer Lets face it, they didn't want to let Watson have the record
ancientorange
spacer Re: Lets face it, they didn't want to let Watson have the record
ptctiger93
spacer That wasn't Morris decision to play Stoudt....
tigerking79
spacer Chad specifically said he to,d Dabo he wanted Cole in***
CTiger423®
spacer Sure as sh*t didn't feel out of reach watching it on TV.
TigersAndCubs
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