Alack and alas! The Houston Nutt Show!

I shall disrespectfully disagree with that lie stated by CollegeTokens that we (Razorback Nation) as a whole do not hate Houston Nutt that much. Yes we do!

Why hate such a great coach that has called so many great calls in big games (albeit the same calls, on the same drive) that worked (sometimes)? Why hate someone that had some of the best players in college football through his recruiting? Why hate such a great person that has single-handedly kept the Springdale Holiday Inn in business? Why do we still despise Houston Nutt?

I'll answer these questions with a listing of affectionate nicknames that I have gathered from other Houston fans:

Hooter Dale

Springdale Holiday Inn Platinum Member

AT&T Unlimited Texting Member

Used Car Salesman

The Coach That Was Fired

The Dork

The QB Killa

How Bout that Play, Chuck

Murray State Mafia
Option Left, Option Left, Option Right, Punt
dive, dive, pass to peyton hillis in the flats, punt.

mcfadden, mcfadden, incomplete, punt.

sack, sack, draw, punt.

off tackle, off tackle, 8 yard route when we need 10 yards, punt

Smoke Screen

Third and Long

Just So Close

National Title Under Construction

The Lucky Rollercoaster

The Man Who Sat on a Semi-functional Lucky Horseshoe
Not One to Bragg
Head Cheerleader
Pass the Buck
D-Bragg

A lot of it boils down to "what could have been." Let's ask ourselves what Bobby Petrino could have done with Felix Jones and Darren McFadden in his backfield. 'Nuff said. Yes, HDN had some great recruits, but given the quality of certain recruits, it was heart-wrenching to see that talent wasted so many times by horrible play calling, general game management and in general blaming other people for his mistakes failures and taking credit for successes.

Another reason we really, really dislike Hooter Dale is due to the way he left us. I will compare it to a bad breakup with a hot girl that you dated for ten years. You guys were up and down and every time you thought you'd be happy as ever, that hoodrat cheats on you! Then she makes it up to you and does something amazing (like beating Texas) and everything is good again and those thoughts of breaking it off with her are long gone. Repeat up and down at least 4 times a year (season.) When you finally reach the end of the relationship, that hoodrat breaks up with you (the nerve!) right before you could break it off. Then she starts dating your slightly uglier and less intelligent (I call it the Oxford for stupid people) best friend. Now you have to see your ex and your ex best friend all the time. The worst part is that your ex-best friend is falling for the exact same up and down that you were put through for your entire relationship! Alack and alas! The Houston Nutt Show is still on air, only in a different geographic area.

Please comment about your favorite HDN nickname and please feel free to add new ones.

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