If Nutt has another outstanding season..does he bolt?

I agree. Ole Miss will always be a middle of the road program. They will probably blow it this year as well becasue deep down they know they aren't for real. it will be their own psyche that destroys them this year. I say 8-4 at best which a nice for a little program like theirs.

Anyway, Nutt isn't much of a recruiter and that will be his downfall wherever he goes. His recruiting alwasy falls off.

Headlines will read;

"Houston's Wife Catches Nutt, Messy Situation"

What are you trying to say?

Cue Wildretardtime in 3,

No I think he is there as long as he continues to win at least 7-8 games a season.

He would be a perfect fit after Saban flees to Florida, after Meyer goes to Notre Dame, after Weis gets shitcanned.

I don't think he'd leave that soon. I agree with Tide. Nutt is a guy loyal to his players. He's not in this business for money, or status, or fame or to see how quick he can get to the next job like Petrino and Saban do. But I do think his 09 and 2010 recruit classes will be strong enough by the time they are upperclassmen he'll have won enough to get into a top 10 program and he'll likely turn the Ole Miss gig over to Kent Austin at that point.

I also think there exists a fire in him to want to beat Arkanssa about 5 years in a row in the process from the program he routinely blew out, and I believe he will.

Nutt's biggest accomplishments have been his first 2 seasons at his new schools, with Danny Ford's and Coach O's players. It's been all downhill from there.

Before leaving Arkansas he was the longest tenured BCS coach without a BCS Bowl. He is still waiting.

His lifetime road record is abysmal.

His lifetime record against the Top 25 is horrendous.

His recruiting is always between 15 and 40, closer to 40 after it's all said and done.

Through 11 years he is a count hair over .500 in the SEC

His bowl record is 3-6.

He won the West twice, in no small part to a Matt Jones Hail Mary and an Alabama probation.

He went .500 over 3 years and entirely missed a bowl with two backs that gained more APY than any duo in history (McFadden/Jones), blocked by an NFL starting Fullback (Hillis). Based on rushing yardage and APY alone, the argument could be made that they were not only the greatest backfield in the history of the SEC, but college football. Let me say that again: He went .500 and missed a bowl in their 3 years.





Houston Nutt has a resume of failure and mediocre performances. It only looks worse when you look at what he did with his players, opposed to Ford's and O's.

If a school needs some rah-rah and a fresh face. He's the man. If you want a winner, look elsewhere.

Prior to Nutt's arrival Arkansas historically had won 39% of their games against the SEC. He won 52.5%. It's highly unlikely anyone else will win as frequently within the conference as he did.

He was around 25 in recruit ranking which Arkansas is about 30th in recruiting potential. There will always be that top 20 that is almost always better b/c they recruit the big metro cities. The Fl schools . TX schools, coastal schools, 8 to 10 in the SEC will always rank higher b/c they have better geographical proximaty to better talent. IF you are Arkansas and can maintain .500 in the conferece win the west 3 times in 10 years, regardless of circumstances you better be ecstatic with it. Just ask Ole Miss , Lsu, Bama, MSU, or Auburn about poor coaching hires and underacheiving. Nutt was a great one.

i'm talking about of all time. Arkansas was more than 30 games under .500 against the SEC all time. Nutt in 10 years was 4 games over. I also do not think Arkansas can recruit as well and be as strong nationally as they use to b/c we use to play all our road games in TExas and recruit that state heavily. We still must rely on Texas but we have rarely played there or got exposure there. Our away games are in another direction of the country. It's a conference that does not get alot of exposure in Texas. expect Petrino to keep that sub 40% trend going.

AFter watching him choke away the KY and MSU games this year I'd say he's well on his way.

Very fair question. I would say he would only leave for another SEC job. I don't think, however, that he likes moving around (although he does like news reporters).