I wrote a story for today's newspaper about Auburn offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn and Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt's rocky one-year relationship at Arkansas back in 2006. Here's how it starts:

AUBURN, Ala. — The subject came up, just as expected.

Auburn offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn tiptoed around it, just as expected.

The topic was Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt, the man who plucked Malzahn from the high school ranks to be Arkansas’ offensive coordinator in 2006, marginalized his play-calling duties during one tumultuous year (depending on who you believe) and watched him bolt to Tulsa in an acrimonious split neither one is necessarily thrilled to talk about these days.

“I hadn’t gotten a chance to visit with him since then,” Malzahn said diplomatically, “but he gave me an opportunity to get in the college game … and … you know …”

He trailed off nervously, turning his head and hoping for a different line of questioning. It’s clearly still a touchy subject.

Nutt and Malzahn’s one-year working — or non-working — relationship still piques interest in SEC circles. Although neither side goes into many specifics about the one-year failed experiment in Fayetteville, a general consensus of what happened has emerged over time.

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