"A Real Intense Dude..."

The Cedric's, Logan and Washington, on Gus Malzahn.

Logan and Monk each described Malzahn as "a perfectionist" with how he runs a practice. Washington agreed.

"He's a real intense dude," Washington said. "He's laid-back off the field, but once we get out here, it's all business. That's what you want."

I also noticed that John Aaron Rees is mentioned by Houston Dale in the Hogwired recap of Thursday's practice. He's been getting a lot of reps and looked surprisingly good to me. I think with Gus in charge (hopefully) we are going to discover that we have more players and playmaking capability than we were aware.

John Aaron's father, John Rees, was a pretty good receiver in his day. I remember him for the disputed catch falling out of bounds on the two yard line on Arkansas' first possession in the Big Shootout with Texas in 1969 that led to the Razorbacks' first touchdown.

Unfortunately I also remember him for being called for pass interference when he didn't hear the check-off by Montgomery, gave a little block that had no bearing whatsoever on the play, and the cornerback talked the official into making a call after a wide open Chuck Dicus caught the ball in the end zone for what would have been Arkansas' second touchdown. Ah, those yellow flags of Texas. What memories.

Both the Friday and Saturday practices are open to the public. Saturday scrimmage at 10 a.m. Should be fun to watch.