A TALE OF TWO FORMER CLEMSON ASSISTANTS PLUS ...
You are … Tony Elliott, and you’ve got to be asking … Was I crazy, or what, to take the job at Virginia when I could have gone to Duke? Better yet … why did I leave Clemson? And, you are Anthony Poindexter, Penn State assistant and former UVA aide and All-American defensive back, who continues to thank the gods of football for not accepting the opportunity to return to Hooville. He could have been Bronco Mendenhall’s successor but someone (someones?) close to the program advised AP to stay put. Now was not the time. So Elliott, Clemson’s offensive coordinator for seven years, accepts Virginia’s offer in December of 2021 after reportedly being involved in vacancies at Tennessee and Auburn previously. A week earlier Brent Venables, the Tigers’ defensive coordinator, was named Oklahoma coach and, in less than two seasons, has become a leading candidate for national honors after his 6-0 Sooners knocked off No. 3 and previously unbeaten Texas Saturday … while Elliott’s Cavaliers were sna...