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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Kurt Roper will have his work cut out for him: The Gators offense averaged just 18.8 points per game in 2013. (Bob Donnan/USA Today)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After being a big part of Duke's miracle 10-win season that led to an ACC championship game appearance and a berth in the Chick-fil-A bowl, offensive coordinator and assistant head coach Kurt Roper will apparently have to pull a few more tricks out of his bag. Multiple reports are indicating Roper will take the vacant Florida offensive coordinator position in hopes of reviving a Gators offense that was largely ineffective in the team's disastrous 4-8 season.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Per ESPN's Edward Aschoff and Chris Low:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Roper has extensive history in the SEC. He got his coaching start at Tennessee while serving as a graduate assistant from 1996-98 and then followed current Duke head coach David Cutcliffe to Ole Miss, where he spent six years coaching quarterbacks and was the passing game coordinator during his final three seasons.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In 2005, Roper served as Kentucky's quarterbacks coach before serving as running backs coach at Tennessee in 2006 and 2007.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Duke beat writer Laura Keely of the Raleigh News and Observer and CBS's Bruce Feldman later confirmed\u00A0ESPN's report.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Brent Pease was removed as offensive coordinator at Florida on Dec. 1. The Gators ranked 100th in offensive S&amp;amp;P, according to Football Outsiders, and averaged just 18.8 points per game, good for 114th in the country. While injuries played a large part in Florida's awful 2013, that excuse can only go so far. Even with second- and third-string players, there's an expectation that it should've been able to beat teams like Georgia Southern and/or get to six wins.\nRoper was able to get a lot out of a Duke team that is used to lesser talent. The Blue Devils averaged more than 31 points per game and ran some innovative schemes offensively, including going with a two-quarterback system to maximize its personnel. He's got his work cut out for him at Florida, though, as Will Muschamp's seat continues to get hotter.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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