i say 9-6 because he didn’t play the whole Duke game he left the game early but was off to a good start. But one thing you are over looking is he has started and played in 10 full acc games. He is 6-4 in those games.
All 4 losses came by 3 points or less. Missed 33 yard fg vs uva 2021 and gave up the 4th and 14 vs fsu up 28-23 with 50 seconds left in the 4th. So those 2 should’ve have been wins. He has flaws and he has had bad moments but at least in conference play he has given us a chance to win every one he has played in
So now the qualifier is he’s given us a chance to win every ACC game we’re in?
Whenever u have to jump through hoops & use terms like should’ve & could’ve, u’ve already failed. The fact is, TVD played a major role in those losses.
Fine; I have school teachers in my family, so let’s start grading on the curve. Let’s focus on the 6-4 ACC record & this notion that we were in every game, b/c it’s not like football is a team sport or anything. So let’s focus on TVD “almost” willing us to victory.
4 ACC losses, dismissing a G5 loss and a loss to a woeful A&M squad. ****, just for the sake of argument, I’ll dismiss the Duke game, too:
TVD: 1,279 yrds (320/g) 9 TDs 6 ints on 56% passing
I’m not including sacks. So again, for every TD TVD has thrown in those 4 losses, he **** near turned the ball over.
-Let’s ignore that against FSU 2021, TVD had back to back ints to start the game, or that he fumbled deep in our territory, or that he couldn’t connect on 3rd & 3 throughout the first half giving FSU a 20-7 HT lead. ****, let’s ignore the defense causing back to back fumbles in the 2nd half deep in FSU’s territory that shifted the momentum. No, we almost won b/c TVD gave us a chance.
-Let’s ignore that against UNC 2021 that TVD threw 2 ints deep in our territory leading to 10 gimme points for UNC. Let’s ignore that the defense stiffened up to give us a chance to win & TVD throws an int to end the game. None of that matters b/c TVD gave us a chance.
-Let’s ignore that TVD was 51% on passing, or that Cam had 111 yrds on 8 ypc & 2 TDs. Let’s forget that the defense kept holding UVA steady despite continually giving UVA the ball. We had a chance to win b/c of TVD.
-And in 2022, TVD played an outstanding game. ****, it was his best statistical game his entire career, thus far…so I’ll conveniently excuse him throwing an int on 3rd & 4 to end the game on UNC’s side of the field. U know y I’ll excuse it? B/c TVD gave us a chance to win.
****, I guess I need to go back & give Kaaya a pass for having a +2 win/loss record against the ACC, & for giving us a chance to win against FSU every yr for 3 yrs. Maybe I’ve been too hard on QBs here; certainly I shouldn’t blame Kaaya for having Golden as his HC & Laser Beam Coley as his OC. Maybe I shouldn’t blame Kaaya for having Richt’s antiquated play book at his disposal or Baby Richt as his QBC.
Thanks, imma have to start revisiting past seasons & give the benefit of the doubt to all our QBs who have a win record against the ACC, see who their coaches were, & see how many games we had a chance to win b/c of them.