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Pat Dye Field => War Damn Eagle => Topic started by: AUsweetheart on January 07, 2010, 09:55:52 PM
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I don't give a fuck what's wrong with you....you don't leave the championship game.
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I don't give a fuck what's wrong with you....you don't leave the championship game.
I mean, if you're literally physically unable to even raise your arm because your collarbone or something is broken, what good are you?
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They had to rub some tussin on his arm.
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Well, at least Texas has countered our staff's dumbass fake punt call by not letting the clock just run down. Ridonkulous INT return by Dareus, btw. Barring some sort of miracle, I think this one is done.
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Nobody has said shit about anything being broken. Texas doesn't win without him, period.
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Fuck Colt I'm a big pussy McCoy. Also, fuck Mack I'm a dumbass Brown. How the hell is your starting qb a senior, and your backup a fucking freshman? Oh yeah, fuck Mt. Fat Ass for the false start on the first TD that didn't get called.
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I mean, if you're literally physically unable to even raise your arm because your collarbone or something is broken, what good are you?
Good game....for the first 20 minutes or so. IMO, Colt doesn't look like he's coming back, but if he did, I'd bring the heat on every play (I'd blitz Ayers and Arenas off the corners with Rolando keying on him). He wouldn't be in the game long, again, if he came back...but, I doubt he does. I wonder who the third string QB for Texas is, we'll find out, either by injury or being yanked...I'm guessing they'll put WR, Chiles back there. It ain't going to matter, all of Texas' mojo is in the training room.
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Nobody has said shit about anything being broken. Texas doesn't win without him, period.
You think Texas is just not putting him in for the fun of it at this point? You know if they haven't put him in by now, something is seriously wrong with him.
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You think Texas is just not putting him in for the fun of it at this point? You know if they haven't put him in by now, something is seriously wrong with him.
Yeah, you could tell something was wrong with him after the X-rays. It could be something like a Deep shoulder bruise on his throwing shoulder.
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You think Texas is just not putting him in for the fun of it at this point? You know if they haven't put him in by now, something is seriously wrong with him.
Honestly? I don't think he wants to come back. Get a shot, take some Midol and get the fuck back in the game.
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Honestly? I don't think he wants to come back. Get a shot, take some Midol and get the fuck back in the game.
Maybe he's thinking about the Millions that he'd risk losing if he goes back out only to have Fat Cody belly flop on him.
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Jesus #84 is FAST.
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Another tainted MNC for bama.
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You said taint.
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Another tainted MNC for bama.
I know it loses a little luster since they are playing their backup QB, but you still gotta play the game.
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You said taint.
I send a big thank you in the way of whoever called the taint this year.
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Has this freshman QB ever played a game at QB at all? He has thrown into double coverage everytime. Jeesus RWS could throw a better ball....if he knew how to get to the stadium.
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How is McCoy the vagina of the century? I knew some girls back in college that want to claim that title.
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Someone should stick McCoy in a dark closet
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So, according to ESPN, x-rays came back negative and there is no broken bone. It is possibly a sprain, but they don't know for sure. They said that McCoy was "begging" to come back in to just give it a shot, but the coaches and trainers are looking out for his NFL career and keeping him out. There may be a little Vagisil needed in this case.....maybe.
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McCoy's arm isn't even in a sling or anything. WTF?
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I can't fucking stand one sided officials. I'm not saying that Texas is losing because of that fact alone. All I'm saying is call the fucking game fair.
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Jesus Christ.
This horrible, fucking, sit-on-the-lead playcalling in the second half has taken all of my joy away. We did not play this second half like a team that wanted to win the National Championship.
Fucking pathetic.
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Jesus Christ.
This horrible, fucking, sit-on-the-lead playcalling in the second half has taken all of my joy away. We did not play this second half like a team that wanted to win the National Championship.
Fucking pathetic.
Reminds me of us in the Bloomin' Onion bowl.
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Jesus Christ.
This horrible, fucking, sit-on-the-lead playcalling in the second half has taken all of my joy away. We did not play this second half like a team that wanted to win the National Championship.
Fucking pathetic.
I want to know whose stupid fucking idea it was to fake that punt. Fuck me running.
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I know it loses a little luster since they are playing their backup QB, but you still gotta play the game.
Loses a little luster? Are you fucking SHITTING me?
With McCoy, you're getting beat down like a motherfucker. Loses a little luster my ass.
Congrats. You won. And you displayed all the fucking "class" Bama is known for. What a bunch of assholes.
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The Texas coaches are fucking idiots. The guy had a damn bruise and wanted to come back in the game. They make shots for these kind of situations. Mack Brown's concern is not Colt's NFL career. He just went down a rung on the ladder IMO.
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Actually, at the end, Colt said he could not feel his arm. He would have given it a shot, but I'm not sure how well one can pass without feeling their throwing arm. I would have liked to have found out though.
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Actually, at the end, Colt said he could not feel his arm. He would have given it a shot, but I'm not sure how well one can pass without feeling their throwing arm. I would have liked to have found out though.
Dick Butkus and Jack Lambert say he's full of shit and deem him the biggest pussy alive if a deep bruise caused him to not even ATTEMPT to come back.
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I've always wondered why in desparate situations, you don't have a backup package of the option.
Get a physical wide receiver to be the QB. Run the option. Play the wildcat. Run Rich Rod's offense. It would at least get some yards to help the true freshman (or whatever back up QB you have) have an easier time.
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I've always wondered why in desparate situations, you don't have a backup package of the option.
Get a physical wide receiver to be the QB. Run the option. Play the wildcat. Run Rich Rod's offense. It would at least get some yards to help the true freshman (or whatever back up QB you have) have an easier time.
The bigger question here is, why do you have 5 other QBs on scholarship and a 5* true freshman is your backup? Explain that shit.
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The bigger question here is, why do you have 5 other QBs on scholarship and a 5* true freshman is your backup? Explain that poop.
A Texas fan I work with told me yesterday that Gilbert was their starter going into next year and there wouldn't even be a QB competition in the spring - that he was that far ahead of the rest of the pack already. If thats true, Texas could lose a few games next year. This guy aint Colt - not yet anyway.
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A Texas fan I work with told me yesterday that Gilbert was their starter going into next year and there wouldn't even be a QB competition in the spring - that he was that far ahead of the rest of the pack already. If thats true, Texas could lose a few games next year. This guy aint Colt - not yet anyway.
If you knew what the hell you were talking about, you'd see that his kid will be the shit. Once he settled down, he came just a few plays from beating bammer. And this with probably no reps in practice. I would love to have him. He was playing high school ball last year and now he comes into the national championship game and almost wins. That is a helluva QB right there. And Butkus and Lambert played in the 'NFL" when there was no money to be made.
You're confused and have probably never had any kind of athletic success in your life not to mention have a son involved. If so, you would completely understand the situation. It's a new day. The health of one does outweigh the many.
The whole situation was unfortunate for Texas. But there is no reason to blast McCoy for getting hurt. I'm real sure that you would have done it differently. Don't balst the kids. They are not getting paid to die for the cause yet.
Sweets, you should know better.
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prayers sent
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If it is a muscular or bone problem he can get shot-up.
If it's a nerve he probably had no feeling or strength in his arm.
Either way a decision was made as if there were risk of further injury if he continued.
Obviously McCoy is as important to Texas as Bradford is to Oklahoma.
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If it is a muscular or bone problem he can get shot-up.
If it's a nerve he probably had no feeling or strength in his arm.
Either way a decision was made as if there were risk of further injury if he continued.
Obviously McCoy is as important to Texas as Bradford is to Oklahoma.
Apparently the final verdict is pinched nerve. I know I had a pinched nerve in my back on the 4th of July, and I could barely move. I mean literally, could barely get out of bed. So yeah, I could see him not coming back in if that were the case.
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In fairness, I know one has to be able to grip a ball in order to take a snap let alone throw a pass. (under duress)
You can play with a concussion (slight) No one plays with broken ribs contrary to popular belief and folklore. My statement to a friend after the injury was if he can stand, he will play.
I know a certain quarterback (sissy) that landed on his throwing elbow along a sideline whilst attempting to elude three would-be tacklers. Said quarterback walked over to trainer and explained to trainer and coach that he could not feel his fingertips and bicep was somewhat tingley. After a few topical sprays of xylocaine on the infected area said quarterback re-entered game and his next pass went for a pick 6 and that throwing arm would plague him to this day.
You can make this poop up but I know the guy to be a straight shooter, only he throws like a girl, no offense to girls that can sling it.
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If you knew what the hell you were talking about, you'd see that his kid will be the poop. Once he settled down, he came just a few plays from beating bammer. And this with probably no reps in practice. I would love to have him. He was playing high school ball last year and now he comes into the national championship game and almost wins. That is a helluva QB right there. And Butkus and Lambert played in the 'NFL" when there was no money to be made.
You're confused and have probably never had any kind of athletic success in your life not to mention have a son involved. If so, you would completely understand the situation. It's a new day. The health of one does outweigh the many.
The whole situation was unfortunate for Texas. But there is no reason to blast McCoy for getting hurt. I'm real sure that you would have done it differently. Don't balst the kids. They are not getting paid to die for the cause yet.
Sweets, you should know better.
No one said he wasn't going to be good in the future. Why don't you read phukstick - "not yet anyway". And I actually blamed the coaches, not him. I believe McCoy wanted to be a warrior. I've had a pinched nerve. And cortisone will alleviate it temporarily by bringing down the inflammation in the area that is causing the nerve to get squeezed. Been there done that. Colt is not a kid. He's an ADULT.
And please please, don't get yourself into the whole "you aint never seen no kind of athletic accomplishment in your life boy or had no kinda kids" argument. You won't win. You don't know me or what I've done assclown. How do you know what Ive done? How do you know I dont have kids in sports? You have your opinion, I have mine. BUT....Since you don't agree with me, you feel the need to act as if you all of a sudden know me personally and try to make yourself feel better about your own worthless being. Well then - phuk you.
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The whole situation was unfortunate for Texas. But there is no reason to blast McCoy for getting hurt. I'm real sure that you would have done it differently. Don't balst the kids. They are not getting paid to die for the cause yet.
Sweets, you should know better.
Well hell CC, I DO know better NOW. But at the time, I saw a hit that didn't look very bad and a kid that didn't look to be in any pain. I called it like I saw it at the time.... and I have no problem admitting I was wrong.
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I say they should have Cortizone shot him up. Varsity Blues that motherfucker.
Him being 25% affective (or less), at least would have gave uat something more to think about, and obviously the Texas recievers would have had a little more confidence as well.
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I wanted to cry myself when I read this.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=dw-texasqbs010810&prov=yhoo&type=lgns (http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=dw-texasqbs010810&prov=yhoo&type=lgns)
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http://So he tried to sound convincing despite the fact his arm felt “like a noodle.”
So he was Chris Todd 2008.
Playing with pain is one thing, playing injured is something else. I felt so badly for him. I can't even imagine. He was there as a freshman watching Vince Young do it...then he spends the next four years of his left to get back there....gets there, and bam!, one hit, it's all over.
On the flip side, that Gilbert kid will probably play like a second year starter next year thanks to that experience. I hope so for him....he's endured enough too.
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(http://So he tried to sound convincing despite the fact his arm felt “like a noodle.”)
So he was Chris Todd 2008.
Playing with pain is one thing, playing injured is something else. I felt so badly for him. I can't even imagine. He was there as a freshman watching Vince Young do it...then he spends the next four years of his left to get back there....gets there, and bam!, one hit, it's all over.
On the flip side, that Gilbert kid will probably play like a second year starter next year thanks to that experience. I hope so for him....he's endured enough too.
Texas fans should feel pretty damn good about Gilbert taking over next season. I know it took a while for the kid to get settled down, but what do you expect after getting thrown into the NC game after 5 snaps? He was playing some ball in the second half.
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Well hell CC, I DO know better NOW. But at the time, I saw a hit that didn't look very bad and a kid that didn't look to be in any pain. I called it like I saw it at the time.... and I have no problem admitting I was wrong.
Some do. (see a few above posts)
I never saw Colt as the kind of guy that would wimp out. And any kid that chooses to shoot himself up for a game is an idiot being coerced by bigger idiots. For some to suggest otherwise shows a lack of responsibility. College players should never jeopardize their future for a game that has no relevance to living and dying.
But oh to think what could have been. HAd Colt stayed healthy, he knew that the horns were better. He could see it and feel it. That is why it hurt even worse. And now we must live with the "worst winners ever."
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Texas fans should feel pretty damn good about Gilbert taking over next season. I know it took a while for the kid to get settled down, but what do you expect after getting thrown into the NC game after 5 snaps? He was playing some ball in the second half.
He is talented, no question. The program he came from in Austin is one of the tops in the country. Rivals had Lake Travis as their #2 team in the country in their final rankings this year. They are 4-A, but destroy everyone they play. Their coach is a Malzahn guy (ludicrous speed tempo, etc)...is even friends with him I think.
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Yep, they're friends.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/stewart_mandel/10/01/malzahn/index.html?eref=si_latest (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/stewart_mandel/10/01/malzahn/index.html?eref=si_latest)
From his home in Austin, Texas, Chad Morris watches every Auburn game, just as he did for Tulsa the past two seasons and Arkansas the year before that.
Morris, the coach at reigning state champion Lake Travis High, had no prior affiliation to any of those schools. But like many in his profession, he's a fan of the Tigers' offensive coordinator, Gus Malzahn.
"It's really neat to watch how a guy who was a high school coach just a few years ago has changed the trends of college football, and even into the NFL," said Morris.
Indeed, in the four seasons since then-Arkansas coach Houston Nutt took the unusual step of plucking the coach of nearby Springdale High to run his SEC offense, the soft-spoken, bespectacled 43-year-old Malzahn has become one of the sport's most innovative offensive minds, not just in the college ranks, but in all of football.
The now-ubiquitous Wildcat formation first entered the national conscience in 2006 when Malzahn installed it at Arkansas using running backs Darren McFadden and Felix Jones; now, it's a staple of countless college and NFL playbooks. And that wasn't the only trend Malzahn helped popularize. While still at Springdale, he wrote the book -- literally -- on the increasingly popular hurry-up offense.
After producing the nation's top-ranked offense at Tulsa in 2007 and 2008, Malzahn has returned to the SEC, where he's engineered another remarkable transformation. Using virtually the same cast of players that slogged through a disastrous 5-7 season last year, Auburn is off to a 4-0 start thanks largely to an offense that has improved from 104th in the country ... to No. 3 (526.3 yards per game).
On Saturday, Auburn -- which has beaten Louisiana Tech, Mississippi State, West Virginia and Ball State -- visits 2-2 Tennessee, where new coach Lane Kiffin said his father, renowned defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin, "spent a lot of time this offseason looking at Gus's offense, tying to break it down, because it is so different than anything we've seen.
"He does things I don't think anyone else has the guts to do. When you look at it, it's just wild and crazy, like when you're little and draw plays up in the dirt."
Two staples mark Malzahn's no-huddle offense: unconventional formations (unbalanced lines, pistol running backs and constant motion) and a frenetic pace ("We're trying to run a two-minute offense the entire game," said Malzahn). At its core, however, Auburn's attack centers on the most traditional of concepts: straight-ahead running.
First-year Tigers coach Gene Chizik said he was looking for someone that was "innovative and did things that gave defenses a problem" when he went looking for an offensive coordinator last winter. However Chizik, who served as Auburn's defensive coordinator during the Carnell Williams-Ronnie Brown era, said his most important criteria was "a running game that's physical, back to the old-school Auburn way."
Most wouldn't peg Tulsa as the logical place to go looking for a power-running guru, seeing as the Golden Hurricane produced a 5,000-yard passer (Paul Smith) in '07 and a 4,000-yard passer (David Johnson) last season. However, a closer look reveals Tulsa had more rushing attempts last season (674) than any team besides option-based Air Force and Navy. In Malzahn's attack, the threat of the run sets up play-action opportunities.
"I told our kids when we first got here, we're going to be a two-back, run-first team, with an emphasis on taking downfield shots," said Malzahn.
So far, the Tigers have lived up to his vision. Led by the tailback tandem of senior Ben Tate and true freshman Onterio McCalebb, Auburn ranks fifth nationally in rushing offense (261.3 yards per game), while senior quarterback Chris Todd (1,012 yards, 11 touchdowns, one interception) is No. 6 in pass efficiency. Kodi Burns, the Tigers' starting quarterback for much of last season, has produced five touchdowns as the Wildcat specialist.
The no-huddle Tigers are also averaging nearly 75 snaps per game -- though that's not up to Malzahn's standard of 80.
"We need to get a little bit faster than what we are," he said. "You have a chance to mentally and physically wear down your opponent if you run fast. It's a different kind of 'in-shape.' There's a football shape and basketball shape, and we're someone with a little bit of both."
Auburn is hardly alone in running the hurry-up, an increasingly common staple of college offenses. Chizik spent the past four seasons in the Big 12 (two as Texas's defensive coordinator, two as Iowa State's head coach), where nearly every successful team operates without a huddle. Oklahoma, in particular, raised eyebrows with its breakneck speed during last year's run to the BCS Championship Game.
But Malzahn's history with the no-huddle dates farther back than most. He first installed it in 1997 while the coach at Arkansas' Shiloh Christian High, where the team shattered state and national offensive records en route to consecutive state titles in 1998 and 1999. In 2001, Malzahn took the offense to Springdale, where he won another title in 2005.
Chris Brown, author of the Xs and Os blog SmartFootball.com, said Malzahn uses the hurry-up for more than just wearing down opponents.
"Whether a run play is successful is usually determined within a second of the snap, and whether the blocking was effective typically hinges on the leverage and angles blockers do or don't have," said Brown. "Because Malzahn combines a lot of formations and motions with varying strengths, angles, or numbers advantages with a very quick pace, defenders often wind up out of position. And small mistakes can equal big gains for the offense."
When Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman decided last winter to switch to the hurry-up, he consulted Morris, the aforementioned Texas high school coach whose team holds the longest current winning streak (35 games) in the state. Morris, an A&M alum, was happy to oblige, but admits he learned the hurry-up from his friend Malzahn, whom he first visited at Springdale in 2004 and still trades tips with on a weekly basis.
Much like Auburn, the Aggies' offense has thus far exhibited a complete transformation, improving from No. 78 in total offense in '08 to No. 1 through three games this season (574.3 yards per game).
"[The hurry-up] is something that Gus was onto before anyone else," said Morris. "It's changed the way defensive coordinators are playing defense. It's a trend-setter. You're seeing colleges catch on to it, much like the 'Wildcat' that Gus himself was running at Springdale."
Malzahn is reticent to take credit for the Wildcat, which has roots in the century-old single wing formation. Its more recent origins remain a source of much debate -- Hugh Wyatt, a double-wing coach in the Pacific Northwest, claims he first dubbed his direct-snap package "the Wildcat" (named after his school's mascot) in a series of videos and coaching journals in 1998; others believe it originated at Kansas State (also the Wildcats), where Bill Snyder used a similar formation as far back as the mid-'90s.
Whatever the source, there's no denying Malzahn's role in the Wildcat's recent explosion. Having run the formation (an unbalanced line with both tackles and a guard on one side and a tight end on the other) and its two main plays (the "QB Power" run and the "Speed Sweep") at Springdale with quarterback Mitch Mustain and receiver Damian Williams (both now at USC), Malzahn brought up the idea to Arkansas' staff upon his arrival. However, at the suggestion of running backs coach Danny Nutt (Houston's brother), he employed McFadden at the quarterback spot and Jones as the motion receiver who would take the fly-sweep.
"We were just trying to get [McFadden and Jones] on the field at same time," said Malzahn. "It was the same formation [Arkansas had previously used] and done a toss sweep out of it with the regular QB. We used the same formation, but with McFadden at QB running the power and speed sweep."
David Lee replaced Malzahn as offensive coordinator the following season but continued running the Wildcat. He brought it with him last season to the Miami Dolphins, which unveiled the package (with Ronnie Brown at quarterback) in a game against the New England Patriots last October. A year later, everyone from the Philadelphia Eagles to Notre Dame is running a similar package.
Though the Wildcat became Malzahn's biggest legacy from his lone season in Fayetteville (which included a 10-game winning streak and a SEC West title), at the time he unwittingly found himself at the center of controversy. Many believed Nutt only hired Malzahn to help land four blue-chip recruits from his Springdale team (including Mustain and Williams). According to various accounts, Nutt junked Malzahn's preferred offense after the first game, a 50-14 loss to USC, and in December, a group of disgruntled parents for the "Springdale Four" secretly met with athletic director Frank Broyles to voice their displeasure.
After the season, Nutt hired Dallas Cowboys assistant Lee to serve as "co-offensive coordinator," at which point Malzahn left for Tulsa and Mustain (who lost his starting job after nine games) and Williams transferred. Malzahn, however, has never spoken publicly about the details of the Arkansas soap opera and remains grateful to Nutt for allowing him entree to the college level.
"Things have happened extremely quickly," said Malzahn. "It's a true blessing for me to coach at this level and experience some of the things I have."
The only potential downside to Malzahn's budding acclaim is that soon, some of his own tactical advantages may wear off.
"One of the things that hurts you when you're innovative is everyone's copying you," said SmartFootball's Brown. "It's only a matter of time before everyone's running the Gus Malzahn hurry-up."
Traditionally, coaches have looked to the pros as the ultimate source of innovation. This time, they're following the lead of a recent high school coach.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/stewart_mandel/10/01/malzahn/index.html?eref=si_latest#ixzz0c320GnMB (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/stewart_mandel/10/01/malzahn/index.html?eref=si_latest#ixzz0c320GnMB)
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The bigger question here is, why do you have 5 other QBs on scholarship and a 5* true freshman is your backup? Explain that poop.
didn't saban say before the game if anything happened to mcelroy he would go to the freshman and take his redshirt off. he said he has been #2 since the off week. both schools were in the same boat.
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I wanted to cry myself when I read this.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=dw-texasqbs010810&prov=yhoo&type=lgns (http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=dw-texasqbs010810&prov=yhoo&type=lgns)
I think Colt is an awesome dude and I wanted to cry as well. God I hope he is alright.
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didn't saban say before the game if anything happened to mcelroy he would go to the freshman and take his redshirt off. he said he has been #2 since the off week. both schools were in the same boat.
If something happened to McElroy, I doubt anyone would have noticed. Losing Colt actually mattered.
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I think Colt is an awesome dude and I wanted to cry as well. God I hope he is alright.
I hope your sister enjoyed that two minute fuck you gave her last night.
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I hope your sister enjoyed that two minute phuk you gave her last night.
Have I ever told you that I <3 you?
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I hope your sister enjoyed that two minute fuck you gave her last night.
Sweetheat, you Swag when you Surf.