High Octane (Times article about Malzahn)

[HBTHogs]

http://nwanews.com/nwat/Sports/38760/

[iCalledThatHogBrotha!]

Great article!  The only thing I noticed (I'm nit-picking here) is that Sabin refers to Malzahn's "no-huddle, spread offense" at least a couple of times.  If you have read Gus's book, he is very careful to point out that his offense is a "hurry-up, no-huddle" offense, that can be employed with any formation, and that the spread happened to fit well with his players at Springdale and Shiloh.  I wouldn't be terribly surprised to see a hurry-up, no-huddle, I-formation a lot next year.

[Tomhog™]

Thanks for the article.  I am excited to see a balanced approach for the first time in years...

[bdutt]

is it football season yet?

[Hogs4Ever]

is it football season yet?

Spring practice next week!  If the weather is good I plan on going to the final scrimmage game.

[PigMan]

For those that don't back that far, the atmosphere now is like it was in the sixties and seventies.  We had a NUMBER of very skillfull "young lion" coaches then that imparted an air of confidence to the fans. We knew that even if we did not win all the marbles, we would at least be in the fight and we usually were. The present staff With Coaches Gus, Felix and Herring elicit that kind of feeling. "Not to worry as all is going to be okay."  We are going to have a lot of fun in the near future. IMHO...

[hog caller]

who's going to anchor the middle of the ofensive line? and how do we stand at guard?

[HogbybirthHornbyright]

This offense is going to take quite a bit of depth in the secondary and on the O-line. We seem to have recruited well in the secondary, but I'm concerned about the guys up front. Any comments on our depth at that poistion?

[hogbalz]

Spring red/white game still scheduled for April the 15. I will be coming in that week and would love to go see. Thanks

[Porky OLeary]

I'll be there april 15th for the red/white game, then on to the baseball game against kentucky.

[Calling All Hogs]

"What's good is he's run the power, the counter and some of the same running plays we ran," Nutt said. "For us, it's a no-brainer. You don't want to mess with that. You want to keep going."

Not sure what Nutt means here. Sounds like Nutt wants to keep the running game dominate. Who knows with Nutt.

[Razor6]

"What’s good is he’s run the power, the counter and some of the same running plays we ran," Nutt said. "For us, it’s a no-brainer. You don’t want to mess with that. You want to keep going."

Not sure what Nutt means here. Sounds like Nutt wants to keep the running game dominate. Who knows with Nutt.

Those are the only two running plays Nutt ran.  It's like a broken record.  I don't want us to abandon the run.  Iin fact, for us to be successful I think we need to be slightly above 50% in the run, but not 65% or whatever it was last year.

Broken record, perfect example...  We will go 50/50 with a slight lean one way or another depending on the game and... "what the defense gives us"...

We're still 6 months too many until it all happens...

-R6

[wildhogman]

"What’s good is he’s run the power, the counter and some of the same running plays we ran," Nutt said. "For us, it’s a no-brainer. You don’t want to mess with that. You want to keep going."

Not sure what Nutt means here. Sounds like Nutt wants to keep the running game dominate. Who knows with Nutt.

Those are the only two running plays Nutt ran.  It's like a broken record.  I don't want us to abandon the run.  Iin fact, for us to be successful I think we need to be slightly above 50% in the run, but not 65% or whatever it was last year.

I dont care if we only pass 15 times a game a long as we avg 30 yrds a pass, that will keep the safties honest because they will know if they cheat to stop DMac we will pass for long yards.
It will be nice to see an Offense that actually takes what the Def gives and destroy them.

[Fatty McGee]

" Nutt added Malzahn to his staff Dec. 9 and decided he would give up calling the plays after doing so for eight seasons at Arkansas."

Yes, I'm sure NUTT decided he would give up calling the plays.  He's just that kind of humble.

[DOGALUM]

"What’s good is he’s run the power, the counter and some of the same running plays we ran," Nutt said. "For us, it’s a no-brainer. You don’t want to mess with that. You want to keep going."

Not sure what Nutt means here. Sounds like Nutt wants to keep the running game dominate. Who knows with Nutt.

Those are the only two running plays Nutt ran.  It's like a broken record.  I don't want us to abandon the run.  Iin fact, for us to be successful I think we need to be slightly above 50% in the run, but not 65% or whatever it was last year.

You obviously forgot about our most successful running play.....the 3rd and long draw!!