Petrino To Sue Nutt

Calls current Arkansas players "worst coached players in America"

In a suit filed today in Washington County, Razorback head football coach Bobby Petrino is suing ex-Razorback and current Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt. When asked about the suit, a University spokesman had this to say:

"Coach Petrino took this job with the understanding that the current group of Razorbacks may be a little thin on talent compared to the rest of the SEC conference, but had at least been coached well. Upon his arrival and his observations over the first month of the season Coach Petrino has decided that Houston Nutt and his ex-staff members did no coaching whatsoever and the current group of Razorbacks is not only poorly coached, but the worst coached players in America. With every game, we are witnessing Houston's negligence of this great program."

Anonymous players not wishing to be identified supported this theory and plan on testifying once the case goes to trial.

"Coach Nutt spent a good 45 minutes to one hour every practice showing us how to celebrate, call the Hogs, and just act crazy. I didn't even know what a three point stance was when I got here. Now I do. Just barely," said one player.

"I didn't know I was supposed to fight off blocks," said one defensive player, "Coach Nutt just taught us to stay with the offensive player and hold our ground. Tackling was head down, lead with the helmet, and close your eyes. I'm lucky I'm still alive."

"I didn't know you were supposed to turn and find the ball in flight," said one defensive back, "We were taught to just try and keep up with the receiver. And if we couldn't, we were supposed to blame the safeties and/or linebackers."

"I was taught to catch the ball up against my body and round off my cuts on all my patterns," said one receiver, "Coach Nutt said that it was the QBs job to get the ball to me regardless of where I ended up."

"We were told that DMac and Felix would win games for us because they couldn't be stopped. He told the rest of us that they could run forever even without any blocking or help from the offensive line."

Coach Petrino is siting the recent games against Texas and Alabama as overwhelming evidence of the poorly coached players he inherited from Nutt. Testimony from players and game film from this year's games will be submitted as evidence against Nutt. Jury selection could begin as early as next week.



(If they kick your butt, you must, must sue Nutt!"

Horns Get Lucky in 52-10 Romp of Hogs

(Ladies and gentlemen, the Tyler Wilson era...)



Wow. What to say after that game? Not much. It's officially regroup week as the Tim Tebows come to town. Texas got really, really lucky this past Saturday. 52 points of luck. If not for those 52 points, we could have pulled that game out. But until our luck turns, the passing game, the running game, the defense, and special teams all need to improve slightly.

Congratulations to "Bevo" in the shoutbox for the closest pick of the week with his (her?) 44-14 prediction.

Odds Makers On Crack: The Arkansas - Texas Preview

Arkansas (2-1) vs. Texas (3-0)

Kickoff: 2:30 CST in Austin
TV: Of course
Line: Texas -27.5


The Longhorns enter the contest a 27.5 point favorite against the SEC's top passing team (when was the last time you could say that Arkansas was the SEC's top passing team?). Mistake #1 is underestimating these Razorbacks. The first two games, maybe Arkansas was overestimating its' opponent. Against Alabama? Probably looking past the Tide to this matchup.

QB Comparison:
Casey Dick enters the contest as the top passing QB in the SEC in yardage per game with 831 yards passing in three games including five touchdowns. Texass' Colt McCoy has 833 yards and 11 touchdowns already this season. Colt McCoy sucks.

Huge Advantage: Arkansas

The only Colts I like are these...



(Me and Billy Dee like to poor out a little liquor for our fallen homies...)


(and if I find out that you took out one of my homies, I will cap your ass with one of these and then your homies will be pouring out liquor to honor you... that's just how I roll in Fayetteville...)



I got skillz position players:
With only two games under his belt this season, Michael Smith (who was suspended for the first game of the year) has the most rushing yardage of any back on either team with the 248 yards he's picked up in two weeks in a win over the most underrated all gay team in the nation - UL Monroe, and against Alabama. Texas' leading rusher? QB Colt McCoy with 194 yds. Whaaat?

Arkansas Tight End D.J. Williams and super frosh Joe Adams have 345 yards and three TDs between them. Texas' receiving duo of Quan Crosby and Jordan Shipley have six TDs and just over 500 yards receiving.



(SuperFrosh, SuperFrosh, he's SuperFroshey, yeaooowww!)



Huge Advantage: Arkansas

The rest of the positions and stuff like defense and special teams and coaches and cheerleaders:

Advantage: Arkansas



(Longhorn cheerleaders will be disgusted by the end of the game on Saturday)






The Final Analysis:

The Razorbacks appeared to be struggling winning both games by a combined five points and losing by a small margin against Alabama last week. But, I say that looks can be deceiving! Without the threat of a real running game, the Hogs will only have to focus on containing poor Colt McCoy and the Horns' passing game. I say they do it and Casey Dick rebounds to have his best game of the year throwing for about 800 yards. The Razorbacks are playing oppossum and the Longhorns will get the shock of this young season when Arkansas steam rolls the Horns 44-24.





(How the Horns keep winning with fans like these is still a mystery to me.)

Smells Like Bevo

(A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, and a Bevo, yeah, hey, yay)



It has smelled like Bevo and Texas all week to me. I hate Texas. No denying it. No sugar-coating it for anyone to be politically correct. I am a transplant Arkansas homer, but I spent many years in Oklahoma so I come by my Texas hate very naturally. This is the second week we have had to prepare for the mighty Longhorns and it's starting to stink.


Some news in case you may have missed it:

WR Marques Wade is out for the season with a knee injury after just getting his feet wet in his first game after being suspended for two games due to drunk driving charges prior to the season. Nick Saban gave him a "sweep the leg" blow when Wade was close to the Alabama sideline and no one was looking. Lucas Miller suffered a concussion on a special teams play when Nick Saban ordered the hit on Miller. He will be re-evaluated closer to game time.

Linebacker Freddy Burton, who was also suspended for two games to start the season (geez... who wasn't suspended) will be starting at linebacker for the Hogs this Saturday.

And, even though Arkansas' recent appeal to have its' two outdoor track championships in 2004 and 2005 back has been denied, there is no denying that Coach John McDonnell was the man!
Courtesy of DEVICEHIGH...

Razorbacks Use Shakey Head to Kick Bass!

Amidst all of the football going on right now, I had overlooked a crucial, crucial University of Arkansas achievement. Thanks to a gracious Hog Tale reader, I am proud to pass along this little tidbit for those of you in the dark about other Razorback achievements. And to the rest of the universities and colleges, I say 'Face!'

Behind the University of Arkansas duo of Kazuki Kitajima and Bodie Drake, the University claimed the 2008 National Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship! That's right, we have the best collegiate bass fishermen in the country, baby! After three days, the dynamic duo of collegiate bass fishing had caught 10 for a total winning weight of 31.49 pounds.

So, while our football team was getting stomped on the field by Alabama Saturday, we were kicking Alabama bass on the lake that same day (three different Alabama University teams tried to take down the title only to finish 13th, 16th, & 21st).

The only other SEC finisher in the top 25 was Auburn at 18th and 19th place. Where were you, LSU? Couldn't afford any decent poles? How bout you Ole Miss? Too drunk to fish? Mississippi State? Don't know how to drive a boat? I hope there were a lot of fans there calling the Hogs everytime they reeled one in, because I heard that loud noises was very conducive to fishing.



(one half of the winning due; this is Kazuki Kitijima)

You can go here for some photos of the tournament and the champion Razorbacks.

We're #1! We're #1! We're #1!

Wide Open Spaces and Keeping The Faith

The great thing about college football in September is that there's always another game around the corner. Another chance at redemption. Another chance to improve. Another chance to prove the naysayers wrong. Another chance to close those wide open spaces in the line. Another chance to avoid throwing 12 interceptions.



(bet you never thought I'd unintentionally intentionally reference a Dixie Chicks song did you?)


Arkansas' national championship hopes might have vanished quicker than a Glen Coffee burst through the left side of the line, but the chance to take out some of the big players in big time college football still linger for the next nine games as does the possibility of the greatest comeback in SEC history with the Hogs winning the SEC Championship! Don't shake your head. Don't do it. Keep the faith.



(bet you never thought I'd reference a Billy Joel song in the same post as the Dixie Chicks did you? bet you're thinking - where is DoubleK going with all of this randomness? well, your answer is nowhere, right now... but's it's possible it could be somewhere before I'm through here)

This is the second time around this season for a week leading up to the Texas game. I've already re-written the history books here, here and here in preparation for the Horns, and can tell you that I expect the Hogs to bounce back in a big way as Texas will be overlooking them in preparation for their Big 12 opener at Colorado the following week.

Plus, there is always the Mack Brown factor to throw into the equation which is loosely formulated like this: Mack Brown + Head Coaching position = chance at success for any opponent. Unfortunately for us though, that bastard Will Muschamp (think Auburn def. coordinator from last year that completely shut us down) will be roaming the sidelines like a pit bull on steroids.

Christmas In September

(Here's a football for you, Mr. Arenas. And, one for you, Mr. Woodall. And I think there's a good dose of Coffee in the gift basket as well)

It was gift giving time in September in Arkansas, and the lucky recipients were the Alabama Crimson Tide. An early running into the kicker penalty by Arkansas turned into the first touchdown for the Tide, and two interceptions later to Arenas and Woodall both resulted in returns for touchdowns and what was then a 35-7 lead.

Merry Christmas in September to you Bammers!

Wide open holes on the left side of the Alabama line for everyone! Here's one for you, Mr. Coffee. Mr. Ingram, no pouting - we haven't forgotten about you either!

The good news was that the Hogs still compiled over 300 yards total offense with no fumbles.

The bad news, besides the gut-wrenching, crowd castrating mistakes, was that the defense gave up over 400 yards including 328 of them on the ground.

If not for those seven Alabama touchdowns, this game is a close one, baby. Damn the rotten luck and damn The Saban. Bring back Shula!



(Not too bad for Michael Smith who ate up about 90 yards on the ground against the Bama defense)



On a more positive note for the weekend...




USA! USA! USA!





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