Filed under: Arkansas, Auburn, Tulsa, USCThere has never been a Gus Malzahn Day back in Arkansas. The way things are going, a day would not be enough.
We have entered the Gus Malzahn Era in college football. He is one of the leading brains behind the game's latest revolutionary offense. To which most of you are asking:
Gus Who?
That's understandable considering Malzahn was coaching high school football not that long ago. The main reason he got a job was because Arkansas wanted his prized quarterback. That led to the state's biggest melodrama since Whitewater.
The fallout is drenched in irony. Mitch Mustain, the quarterback everyone wanted, is finishing his career in obscurity at USC. Malzhan, the coach nobody outside the Ozarks ever heard of, is the hottest coaching name in the game.
"Well, I wasn't aware of that," he said. "I'm just fortunate to have a chance to coach these guys."
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These guys are Auburn, currently 9-0, ranked No. 2 and storming through the SEC record book. Malzahn makes like he's just in the right place at the right time. What offensive coordinator wouldn't succeed with Cam Newton at quarterback?
It's sort of the same discussion people were having in Arkansas five years ago. What coach wouldn't win a state championship with Mustain at quarterback? Now there's a more pertinent question:
Did the players make Malzahn, or did Malzahn make the players?
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