Damn. RIP Ryan Mallett

[Rick B.]

Fuck.

https://www.deltaplexnews.com/white-hall-head-football-coach-ryan-mallett-drowns-in-florida/

[piglosopher]

Fuck. Way too young.

[buff2.0]

We're gonna need former Arkansas players to stay out of oceans from now on.

[DRYANKNPULL]

Terrible news. He will always be legendary.

[Son of Spam]

Somebody fill me in. In a rip tide (if that is what caused this) aren't you just supposed to relax, let it take you out and then swim parallel to it? Is there an undertow? And, wish me luck. I am headed to Florida in a couple of weeks. This is horrible. If true, prayers for his family.

[mde114]

Horrible news. He's the best to ever play QB at Arkansas and was set for big things at White Hall.

Damn. I hate this.

[buff2.0]

Somebody fill me in. In a rip tide (if that is what caused this) aren't you just supposed to relax, let it take you out and then swim parallel to it? Is there an undertow? And, wish me luck. I am headed to Florida in a couple of weeks. This is horrible. If true, prayers for his family.

I think undertows are possible.  It's easier said than done when it comes to staying calm while you're being pulled away from shore.  Experienced people can recognize it, surfers like to use the currents to get to the waves, but tourists who haven't spent years on the water are oblivious.  At least that's what an old surfer told me one time.

[Son of Spam]

I think undertows are possible.  It's easier said than done when it comes to staying calm while you're being pulled away from shore.  Experienced people can recognize it, surfers like to use the currents to get to the waves, but tourists who haven't spent years on the water are oblivious.  At least that's what an old surfer told me one time.

Thanks. I think a lot of people drown trying to save someone by entering a rip tide without a floatable. A boogie board or something similar. Most people fight it and give out.

[vegashog]

panic is what gets people in trouble. if you try to swim against it, you'll tire out with a quickness.

you do one of two things, tread water or float to ride it out, they usually give out after a hundred yards or so. or swim perpendicular to the shore, you'll eventually get picked back up by the tide.

[Cardiac Hog]

Horrible tragedy.  Seems like we are hearing more and more stories like this every year. 
Here are the NOAA drowning stats for 2023 through 6/24, 60 and climbing.

https://www.weather.gov/safety/ripcurrent-fatalities

[Cerdo]

Watching Mallett run that offense was the greatest shit ever for my Hog fandom.

Mallett was more fun than Matt Jones and you always knew he was the baller of ballers.  He was fun to watch on the sidelines that year he had to sit out because you could tell he was "IN" and chomping at the bit.  The big arm was epic.  The stories that everyone likes to repeat are epic.  It was good times having Ryan Mallett as the QB and for a brief couple of years, we weren't some plucky underdog anymore but a real team with real talent. 

Rest In Peace Ryan Mallett. 

[GeoHogsGeo]

Got Damn!!!

Peyton barely survived and Ryan dies...

You know how I know your team is cursed?

Florida has it out for Arkansas.

[obijuana]

What a tragedy. One of the most talented throwers I've ever seen. Such a cannon for an arm.

RIP.

[TC]

Man this is terrible news.

Prayers for the family and those closest to him.

[Doc Hogaday]

Man.

This really does suck.

I was sitting on the 1st row in Athens right in front of where he hit D.J. and then Childs the next play in the "Childs, please" game.

Then the 2 COBI plays later that year.

Then we're down in New Orleans and if Joe Adams catches that first pass that hit him square I think we run their cheating tattoo asses out of the Dome.

I will never forget any of this and am forever grateful to him for what was probably the greatest & most fun season in my lifetime.

He didn't come to paint, men.

RIP to the Legend.

[Son of Spam]

Update: We have confirmation of next of kin notification. The victim is identified as 35-year old Ryan Mallett of Arkansas. We send our heartfelt sympathies to his family, friends, and loved ones in his tragic passing.

    The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating an apparent drowning that claimed the life of a tourist in the Gulf of Mexico this afternoon.
    First responders were called to the beach behind 775 Gulf Shore Drive in Destin around 2:12 p.m.
    A group of people in the water near the second sandbar had reportedly been struggling to make their way back to shore.
   One of the individuals, an adult male, went under and lifeguards say he was not breathing when pulled out.
    Lifesaving measures were immediately undertaken but the man was pronounced deceased at the Destin Emergency Room.
    We do not have confirmation at this time of next of kin notification.

[Trigger7672]

Man.

This really does suck.

I was sitting on the 1st row in Athens right in front of where he hit D.J. and then Childs the next play in the "Childs, please" game.

Then the 2 COBI plays later that year.

Then we're down in New Orleans and if Joe Adams catches that first pass that hit him square I think we run their cheating tattoo asses out of the Dome.

He didn't come to paint, men.

RIP to the Legend.

That 2010 team was good enough to win a national title. His td pass to Wingo on the opening drive of the Bama game is still the loudest I've ever heard Razorback stadium get. The LSU game that year might be #1 on my list for football games I have seen in person. I remember going to a spring practice in 2009 watching Mallett pass the ball and being so fucking pumped up. RIP Ryan.

[hit_that_line]

We're gonna need former Arkansas players to stay out of oceans from now on.

The Nutt/Petrino era has seen wayyyy too many early deaths. My lord.

[Doc Hogaday]

That 2010 team was good enough to win a national title. His td pass to Wingo on the opening drive of the Bama game is still the loudest I've ever heard Razorback stadium get. The LSU game that year might be #1 on my list for football games I have seen in person. I remember going to a spring practice in 2009 watching Mallett pass the ball and being so fucking pumped up. RIP Ryan.

Yep. 2011 was awesome too, but 2010 we almost had it in all 3 we lost.

[BASS]

So sad. I loved watching him run bmfp's offense.

If you are caught in a rip tide swim at a 45 degree angle to the shore, don't panic, and don't swim too hard. Take your time.