Fire The Liar!

Today's win over Misstake means....not much. MSU had never won a game within Arkansas' borders and still hasn't. Where has this Hog team been all season other than when going against directional schools? The wins like this one and South Carolina just show the talent this team has but has not played up to 4 times this season.

And that goes to crappy coaching by Hootie Nutt. His overwrought denials after the game are just more of his lies, unless HE floated these rumors just to try to drum up support from fans or the UA administration. Such a desperate ploy to cling to power would not be surprising from the man at all, given his track record. I'm sick of hearing how much he "loves" the Hogs and the University and the state of Arkansas.

It's time for Hootie to prove how much he loves that trio by LEAVING after the LSU game. Go for the green at Baylor. We all know how much Hootie loves the green, so go for it there and let us get a real coach.

Hootie Having A "Banner" Year

Every Hog fans' favorite punch line was in the news this week for proclaiming in an interview that fans who fly banners, etc without giving their name are "gutless".

Oh, and I guess leaking lies to the press to make an 18 year old freshman and his mother look bad is courageous?

And sending the same 18 year old freshman a scathing email through a family friend is brave?

I personally am not afraid to attach my name to articles critical to Hootie. My name is on here. I would not hire a plane to fly a banner over the stadium and not use my name. But if someone else does it... Questionable, but not necessarily gutless.

And if it helps any at all to get Hootie out of the picture due to his constant lying of the last couple of years, shady ethics and incompetent coaching this season it will have been worth it.

I'm not saying Hootie is a bad coach. What he is is the epitome of mediocrity. I'm sure he has his good points as a person, but they have been pretty well hidden the last 2 years. It's time for a change for both he and the Hog football program.

One More And We'll Throw A Party!

That's what Hootie-boy was reported to have said when Andrew Norman got his release papers to transfer to Tulsa. Now Ben Cleveland is denied a jersey to take his rightful place on the sidelines last Saturday? Could this be a little retribution for his getting a second opinion on his neck and deciding to redshirt after Darvocet Dean Weber said he could play? Or is just being from Springdale enough? If Hootie didn't need Alex Tejada would he be run off too?

As usual, Hootie's explanation doesn't wash. "He should have just come to me". That will go down with last year's "nothing could be further from the truth" we heard over and over in response to rumors of dissension on the staff and team.

Fire The Liar!

Real Men Of Genius-Houston Nutt is a new video on youtube I happened across tonight. Of course, it's a takeoff on those Bud Lite ads a couple of years ago with the lounge singer guy. With permission fro the producer, you can find it on your left, on the bottom. And, yes it is funny or I wouldn't bother.

Let's see. Is there anything new in the Houston Nutt follies? Well, isn't there always even in the offseason? The guy has just become a walking punch line. Speaking of which, here are a few HDN jokes for your enjoyment:

Did you hear that Houston already has his Halloween costume picked out? Broyles advised him that his "expuhts" had said for Nutt to choose an outfit that no one would associate Nutt with. Something totally unexpected. So Houston's going as a Division 1 football coach.

What do Arkansas football and a Sundae have in common? They'd both be better without the nutts!

What did Danny Nutt say to Houston Nutt when he had the headsets on in the UK game? "Tell Dick to stay in the pocket".

What was Houston's best subject in school? Text education.

Why was Houston so upset when his playbook got stolen? Page 2 hadn't been colored in yet.

What did Houston tell Michael Smith to do if he went to jail? "Don't let go of the soap".

After Nutt's cellphone was stolen, why did the UA not report the theft? 'Cause the thief charged so many fewer minutes.

Why does no one ever ask Houston for change of a dollar? 'Cause he only gives 3 quarters.

Did you hear about Houston getting a prescription for viagra? David Lee told him he couldn't straighten out Dick.

When Broyles advised Nutt to get help passing the football, Houston bought a laxative.

That's 10, enough for tonight. More later.

Well folks, if the UA, which has come to stand for Under Achievers in athletics, ever decides to form a Horse Shoe Pitching team, sign Houston Nutt on as the coach. If I had a dollar for every time Nutt has used the phrase "we're this close", holding his thumb and index finger less than an inch apart in his 10 season reign of error, I might just be up there with him in the salary department.

Another of his favorite catchphrases is "nothing could be further from the truth". As in: "there's no dissension on the staff, nothing could be further from the truth". When he uses that one, watch his nose grow. If it's not broken from Frank turning a corner too quickly, that is.

Daddy leaving at the end of the year will be a major factor in what Nutt decides to do as far as beating the posse out of town, because if he isn't fired after this season, next year with no DMac, Hillis or Monk will be ugly.

Therefore it just makes sense for Nuttcase to leave on his own with some whiny spiel about how insatiable fans who expect to win every game ruined his "dream job". Love that helmet and all.

Another Saturday night, another head-scratching loss for the Hogs. Once again, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Some say the team never recovered from the fumble return for a TD right before the half, but the Hogs led by 8 after the Felix Jones kickoff return and the Tejada PAT and appeared to have recaptured momentum.

The bonehead penalty in the kicking game giving UK a 2nd chance was critical. Many will point to #41, Ryan Powers, but he was knocked into the kicker by Michael Grant. Of course, Powers did have several busts on the night, looking more like Austin Powers than an SEC linebacker at times.

Bob Davey pointed out from the booth that most teams don't rush from both ends on the FG defense team for just that reason. UA isn't most teams, playing "Nutt-ball", a strange brand of football in which you seldom throw over the middle of the field, preferring 2-5 yard flare passes to the backs.

In Nutt-ball the defense plays bump and run man to man defense, or tries to, no matter whether the DB's are capable of staying with the opposing WR's or not. Usually not. After taking a 20-7 lead late in the first half, the Razorbacks got outscored 35-9.

Since the thumping of Tennessee last Nov. 11, the Hogs are 2-5 with the wins coming against Mississippi St. and Troy St., both of which were lackluster. That's 5 losses in the last 6 games, for those of you keeping track. That's 10 straight seasons in which the Hogs have lost the next week after the first conference loss, a streak of which Nutt said he wasn't aware of but one "we're gonna break".

I'm sure the injuries to some receivers will serve as Nutt's excuse, something he has a seemingly bottomless well of. In fact, his list of excuses is even longer than the list of phone calls, emails and text messages to a certain TV personality last winter."The SEC is haaaaaaaaaard" he likes to say. He might say the same of keeping his job after all the controversy in the offseason followed by losing football games.

Like the old saying "you reap what you sow" Houston Nutt's chickens seem to be coming home to roost. With all the lies and deceptions in the Malzahn-Mustain Springdale situation, the email scandal involving a close family friend sending scathing emails to a player and the retirement of his surogate Daddy on Dec. 31, HDN's days at UA may be numbered. At least many fans can hope.