re: I have a question Arkansas fans..

his first recruiting class there was always some misconceptions about it. Pels first full class was #16 and since 3 of those have left where does that leave it? about #50 or so? We don't know much about it yet. Recruiting services do not go back to 99 but if you look at Nutt's first full class (not the first class upon hiring) and you consider that Nutt won the West with those as upperclassmen in 02, then it stands to reason that was probabaly just as good of a class as Petrino's. Petrino has 2 Juco's that are inflating that ranking 1 of which Leon, won't make it. The other 4 stars were not recruited by their home state schools and in DD jones, and Austin Moss case we were the closest offering. Knile Davis I can't see a tailback that's broken the same ankle twice being an impact back and wingo is a soft hitter. Nutt might have brought in a lesser recruited back like a Mike Smith but he most likely would have been a better back than Wingo. So top to bottom if you break down the meat of his class there's as many projects and risk players as any of Nutt's. Nutt's first full OM class was better than ours as most new coaches first full class is always good.

As far as Broyles meddling being good for Nutt I don't know. I think there were times he demanded an assistant coaching change for the business need of satisfying the fanbase when there was probabaly not a problem with the coach just the fact we don't have defensive players in our immediate recruiting base that our competition does.

If you want my honest opinion on offense I think Broyles philosphy on the offensive approach is the best for Arkansas against the SEC. I think if you want to be a good passing team you have to have pass blockers and more receivers which usually means a weaker running game and weaker running defense and we saw that year 1. we also saw it from 06 to 07. 07 we were a better passing team but we fumbled it alot more often. You have to pick something you want to be best at. If you want to be a passing team which Petrino is, that's fine. but understand that comes with less practice and emphasis on running (and special teams). That comes with more fumbles, more bad handoffs, more negative plays, more interceptions, more pick6's, better risk of your QB getting sacked and/or knocked out, more dropped passes, more safeties and linebackers t-ing off on receivers in the middle of the field eventually making them timid. That style comes with your Defense scrimmaging less against an effective power run in practice so when they see Nutt's or Saban's running game they will have trouble stopping it. I don't think Arkansas as a state produces enough receivers and pass blocking linemen to hold up against SEC defenses either.

theres the hawgalude we've all come to hate.. and hate

Houston Nutt 1 Bobby Petrino 0

Hatfield had a 76% win percentage at Arkansas. Broyles had a 71% win percentage. Nutt was 61% which is 11th ranked among Arkansas Football coaches.

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Bobby Petrino is the most sought out coach in college football

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and to think i almost missed you after your reasonable post

Nutt is still the more proven SEC coach.

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I think Mitch probabaly deserved the ugly email Teresa sent him b/c he was a primadonna, he thought the world revolved around him, and most of all , he sucked.

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If you think that email, the 2x4 email and the players' only meeting where the upperclassmen harrassed Mustain are acceptable, then you deserve having Nutt run your program into the ground. If anything like that ever happened at LSU, I would want the head coach fired immediately... mid-season if necessary.

oh my gosh is this guy one of the third cousins removed from teh Murray State crew. Dude NUTT is a FRAUD

and I do not care if you make the SEC championship game every year for the next 10 years. Houston Nutt will NOT win 10 games next season even with the ITT tech teams he is playing

Nutt is not a fraud. he has won or tied for the SEC west 3 times and all 5 teams we face plus SC have deeper recruiting bases than us. the top 3 have much deeper. That is awesome and no one will have that kind of success here again.

I think Petrino is a fraud. Have you looked at how he won? he won in his last year with 6 defensive seniors that he didn't recruit plus some Juco thugs. He's the fraud.

Ok webels since you all love me anyway answer me this before I sign off for the nite. If BP is such a fraud and Nutt is so much better. Than how come the NFL wanted him to come into the league? How come he won a BCS bowl at Louisville of all places? and also explain to me why schools such as Auburn, Tennessee and LSU were interested in acquiring his services? He may have a military discipline about him but his track record speaks for itself. He has won BIG TIME within a few years of him getting into a program. That is what he will do for the razorbacks as well. He has been on our news programs told the national media that he wants to end his career at the University of Arkansas. He also knows to that he will need to build some BCS teams and put together some strong winning seasons. This Razorback fan thinks he will get the job done. Nutt promised the same thing 10 years ago and could not get it done. Time to move on for all parties involved.

Nutt will provide you all with what you want. Low expectations combined with mediocre performance and respectable bowl appearances. This is his track record.