Not really.  However, yesterday he made a decision that officially puts him on a hotter seat than any coach in college football.  Coming off of a disappointing 4-7 season, the Razorbacks are optimistic for a return to a bowl, and possibly being a dark-horse contender for an SEC West crown. 

The two major reasons for this optimism if Fayetteville are:

1)  Arkansas finished very strong with a young team last year.  Arkansas won two of its final three games last year, and in the last five games lost to South Carolina, Georgia, and LSU by a combined 9 points.  The Razorbacks became much more competitive when starting quarterback Robert Johnson was benced in favor of Casey Dick, who moved the team far more efficiently.  So many feel that with a year of experience of competing at the highest level in the SEC, the Razorbacks can get over the hump this season with 19 returning starters. 

2)  The signing of consensus high school All-American Quarterback Mitch Mustain.  Mustain is easily the biggest recruit ever signed by the University of Arkansas.  Arkansas's biggest question mark could now be an exclamation point.  Mustain is such a star in Arkansas, being from Springdale (suburb of Fayetteville), Nutt hired Springdale head coach Gus Malzahn to run the Razorback offense.  Many people feel this was a desperate effort to sign Mustain after having reservations about his initial verbal commitment. 

No question that the turning point last year was when Robert Johnson went to the sideline and Casey Dick took over the offense.  Many fans were anticipating either Mustain starting as a freshman, or red-shirting a year and letting Casey take this season.  Houtson Nutt chose option "C" last night by re-naming Robert Johnson the starting QB for 2006.  That moan that you heard late last night coming from the Southwest wasn't thunder, it was Hog Nation responding from a devestating shot to the gut.