Bret Bielma to be hired as the next Arkansas head coach

[B'sCeltsPatsSox]

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Sources: #Arkansas to hire #Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema as its next coach. http://yhoo.it/11z9vac @YahooForde

Kinda find this shocking.

[CaseyRyback]

B1G champion head coach to the 7 or 8th SEC school. Awesome.

[keymax]

B1G champion head coach to the 7 or 8th SEC school. Awesome.

Arkansas reportedly was throwing money around like drunken sailors. Shocking to say the least nonetheless.

by the way and completely unrelated.

I still have a hard time remembering that they are in the SEC. They don't fit right there IMO they are a SWC/Big XII kind of school

[DamnGoat]

B1G champion head coach to the 7 or 8th SEC school. Awesome.

Eh, Arkansas was terrible this year, no doubt. But they were on the verge of something special before Petrino was fired.

This is completely different style for the Hogs though and that's probably a good thing considering what conference they play in.

[CaseyRyback]

Eh, Arkansas was terrible this year, no doubt. But they were on the verge of something special before Petrino was fired.

This is completely different style for the Hogs though and that's probably a good thing considering what conference they play in.

Well historically and relevance wise they are behind: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, LSU, Auburn, Tennessee, Texas A&M, and maybe South Carolina.

[DamnGoat]

Well historically and relevance wise they are behind: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, LSU, Auburn, Tennessee, Texas A&M, and maybe South Carolina.

Sure, but you can say that about a lot of teams...not just the SEC.

Tennessee's hardly a desirable job these days and neither is Auburn with how good Alabama is. Arkansas was a consistent top 10 team for the last 2-3 years before Petrino. It's not this terrible job you're making it out to be.

[DamnGoat]

Very shocking.

He was never even mentioned as a candidate for this job. The names I heard the most were Gundy, Patterson & Petersen.

I really like it though.

[Melo15]

Oh, Brett. You rascal you.

[Penetration]

Good hire...Arkansas goin' B1G! Is Bielema still going to coach for the Badgers when they play in the Rose Bowl?

[Bravo95]

Do I really need to pull out my Bielema quote from this summer: "We (#B1G) don't want to be like the SEC in any way, shape or form."

https://twitter.com/Matt_HayesSN/sta...53906767900672

Your thoughts, Mr. Delaney?

[Qwertys]

Wow, I'm in utter shock, hopefully we can get a solid coach, I actually liked Bielema

[b1e9a8r5s]

This is at best a latteral move for him. The money must have been absurd.

I bet Doren really regrets leaving NIU for NC St now. Wisconsin would be his.

[krazylegz]

guess he was intimidated by urban meyers recruiting savvy

[WorldChamps1908]

guess he was intimidated by urban meyers recruiting savvy

This is immediately what I thought of when I heard about this...

[Qwertys]

**** this makes the whole Cryst loss even worse, he would have been a great replacement