This is a shocker.
Apparently it has become clear to Muschamp that Mack Brown isn't quite finished running Texas into the ground. Muschamp's name has seemingly been connected to every halfway decent HC opening the past 2 years. It may be easier to win at Texas, but I think UF is in better shape at this point. I can't blame him for not wanting to take over at Texas until it is in complete shambles.
As far as Malzahn goes, it has nothing to do with "dem bammers, dey skurred!" It's common sense. If
Vanderbilt is offering around $3 million for your first time HC gig, you are an offensive genius, and your offense is specifically designed to do more with lesser talent than the other team, it's almost a no brainer. You have to start somewhere, and that's a decent stepping stone. As an Alabama fan, I'm not worried about Malzahn's offense. Is it a good offense? You bet your ass. However, I think Alabama has a pretty good bead on what Malzahn does, and how to defend it. We pretty much put a clinic on in the first half of this year. Same thing for the last 3 quarters of '09. In this year's IB, AU didn't really do anything different on offense in the second half than they did in the first. AU simply executed near perfection in the second half, and had the talent to pull it out, and that was the difference.