The day after the passing of Mitch Petrus was a blur. The phone calls last Friday were quickly returned from all who knew him.
Deep in that 12-hour period, I finally found a number for Mike Markuson, his first offensive line coach at Arkansas. Already with 3,000 words written, I decided to save Markuson's rich thoughts for another day.
It was Markuson whom Stephen Parker pointed to as the man most instrumental in so much of the offensive success in the Houston Nutt coaching era at Arkansas. Parker pointed to the walk-ons that Markuson developed. Parker was a Petrus teammate and mentor.