In just over one season as an offensive coordinator, Seth Doege has become a run game play-calling guru. As the offensive coordinator at Marshall in 2024, Doege led a rushing offense that averaged 201.69 rushing yards per game, which was 18th nationally. The 189 rushing yards and 221 yards from scrimmage were the second-highest of Mahdi's career. The 234 rushing yards Arizona had against Kansas State was extremely impressive, but only the seventh most a Doege offense has had. Arizona had far more success running on Kansas State than Iowa State did.