Malzahn is the bogeyman

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I’ve seen the bogeyman, looked him right in the eye just last week, matter of fact, and he looks nothing like his reputation.

Unlike in the movies, he wears glasses, a visor and a polo, and if that weren’t disarming enough, get this. He doesn’t chase you. He makes you chase him until you drop.

His name isn’t Jason or Freddy or Michael Myers.

Most people just call him Gus.

Gus Malzahn. Yeah, that’s him. If you’re a head coach or a defensive coordinator in the SEC, and he’s not already living in your dreams, he’ll be coming soon to a nightmare near you.

As soon as he finds a quarterback.

With a solid quarterback, he can scare Nick Saban and one of his national championship teams. With a spectacular quarterback, Malzahn can beat Saban and his most talented team.

If you think you've already heard complaining from the likes of Bret Bielema, Will Muschamp and Saban himself about the dangers the hurry-up no-huddle offense presents to their poor little defenders, just wait.

Wait till Nick Marshall or Jeremy Johnson or a quarterback to be named later turns into Cam Newton Jr. Wait till Dameyune Craig and Rodney Garner reel in even more talent to put in Malzahn’s hands.

With the right mix of talent, teaching and scheming, Malzahn’s offense can win a national championship. How do we know? It already has.

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By expressing concern about the hurry-up no-huddle, one coach after another is admitting that the opponents that run it have gotten into their heads. And no one in college football, especially with Chip Kelly gone to the Philadelphia Eagles, runs it quite like Malzahn.

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That’s what the rest of the league is afraid of. That’s why some of their potential victims believe, where the hurry-up no-huddle’s concerned, there oughta be a law.

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