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12/20/2006, 11:46 PM
Nutt picks Dick to start over Mustain: Associated Press
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Arkansas coach Houston Nutt on Wednesday named Casey Dick as the starting quarterback against No. 6 Wisconsin in the Jan. 1 Capital One Bowl, but he said Mitch Mustain would also go into the game for the third Arkansas series.
Nutt said how the two play early in the game will determine which of them gets the majority of snaps for the remainder of the game.
"Both of them had great attitudes, both of them worked extremely hard and both of them deserve to play," Nutt said. "We are going start out with Casey. He will take the first two series and then Mitch [Mustain] will come in for the third series and then we will play it from there."
Nutt called off a practice that had been set for Wednesday afternoon so players could get a jump on Christmas break. The team will gather in Orlando on Christmas night. Nutt said his team had "an excellent nine practices," which earned them freedom from the last Fayetteville workout.
The attention surrounding the No. 12 Razorbacks of late has been greater than the competition for quarterback.
Receiver Damian Williams was granted his release after Williams' parents and the parents of Mustain and receiver Ben Cleveland met with athletic director Frank Broyles after a regular season that saw the team use a run-oriented offense.
Also, Mustain was quoted in a book about last year's Springdale High School team in which he suggested Arkansas would have a better chance recruiting him if Nutt were fired. Mustain has since said he apologized to his coach. Mustain, Williams and Cleveland all attended Springdale.
As a starter this season, Mustain went 8-0, but he was pulled from the South Carolina game after his first pass was intercepted.
Nutt said Mustain has improved in bowl practices.
"Totally, totally different the last nine practices than it was from the South Carolina game on," Nutt said of Mustain. "You could just tell the way he was throwing, the way he was thinking."
The team is to gather in Orlando on Christmas night and has a practice scheduled for 2 p.m. on Dec. 26.
Nutt picks Dick, and the 'stain looks to make an impression.
I guess they got tired of the ol' Johnson.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Arkansas coach Houston Nutt on Wednesday named Casey Dick as the starting quarterback against No. 6 Wisconsin in the Jan. 1 Capital One Bowl, but he said Mitch Mustain would also go into the game for the third Arkansas series.
Nutt said how the two play early in the game will determine which of them gets the majority of snaps for the remainder of the game.
"Both of them had great attitudes, both of them worked extremely hard and both of them deserve to play," Nutt said. "We are going start out with Casey. He will take the first two series and then Mitch [Mustain] will come in for the third series and then we will play it from there."
Nutt called off a practice that had been set for Wednesday afternoon so players could get a jump on Christmas break. The team will gather in Orlando on Christmas night. Nutt said his team had "an excellent nine practices," which earned them freedom from the last Fayetteville workout.
The attention surrounding the No. 12 Razorbacks of late has been greater than the competition for quarterback.
Receiver Damian Williams was granted his release after Williams' parents and the parents of Mustain and receiver Ben Cleveland met with athletic director Frank Broyles after a regular season that saw the team use a run-oriented offense.
Also, Mustain was quoted in a book about last year's Springdale High School team in which he suggested Arkansas would have a better chance recruiting him if Nutt were fired. Mustain has since said he apologized to his coach. Mustain, Williams and Cleveland all attended Springdale.
As a starter this season, Mustain went 8-0, but he was pulled from the South Carolina game after his first pass was intercepted.
Nutt said Mustain has improved in bowl practices.
"Totally, totally different the last nine practices than it was from the South Carolina game on," Nutt said of Mustain. "You could just tell the way he was throwing, the way he was thinking."
The team is to gather in Orlando on Christmas night and has a practice scheduled for 2 p.m. on Dec. 26.
Nutt picks Dick, and the 'stain looks to make an impression.
I guess they got tired of the ol' Johnson.