🏈 Bielema to Arkansas

[TerryP]

Yahoo reporting: Sources: Arkansas to hire Bret Bielema

In a stunning coup, Arkansas will hire Wisconsin's Bret Bielema as its next football coach, Yahoo! Sports has learned.
Bielema, who has taken the Badgers to three straight Rose Bowls, was nowhere on the radar amid months of speculation over who Arkansas would hire.
An announcement will come Tuesday, sources told Y! Sports, but Bielema is not expected to be introduced until Wednesday.

 

[rammerjammer]

The Experts on ESPNU are quoting Joe Schaad that it is a done deal???:chat_headscratch:

Link

 

[BamaCore]

Wow, did not see that one coming!

 

[kudzu]

Yup, saw that too. That's surprising.

 

[planomateo]

I can hear him whinny about SEC recruiting tactics...

 

[BamaCore]

I can hear him whinny about SEC recruiting tactics...

Oh yeah, wasn't he the one saying "we don't want to be like the SEC?"

 

[planomateo]

Single guy at Arkansas, guess its only married men that need to be careful

 

[planomateo]

Ohio State RT just tweeted "Scared him right out of the Big Ten..."

https://twitter.com/Fragel77/status/276057491006181378

a Badgers fan needs to remind him who's been at the Rose Bowl the last 3 years.

 

[bamaraider]

Seems like a good fit for Arkansas...Good hire IMO, surprising, but good

 

[Irish#1]

Ohio State RT just tweeted "Scared him right out of the Big Ten..."

https://twitter.com/Fragel77/status/276057491006181378

a Badgers fan needs to remind him who's been at the Rose Bowl the last 3 years.

Typical Buckeye mentality. They learned that from Urban Liar.

Seems like a good fit for Arkansas...Good hire IMO, surprising, but good

Could be if he can continue to recruit the o-line.

 

[ElephantStomp]

I don't think anybody seen the one coming

 

[bamaraider]

He was pretty good at getting the instate recruits...We'll have to see how he does getting more out talent from out of state, especially with Texas as his pipeline.

 

[ElephantStomp]

I don't think anybody seen this one coming. Great hire for Arky.

 

[psychojoe]

Great hire IMO.

 

[PhillyGirl]

Wow. Certainly unexpected, but interesting. He's been quite successful, it will be fun to watch him in the SEC.

Guess this was the better offer! According to Wikipedia, "In January 2012, after leading the Badgers to their first back-to-back Rose Bowls in twelve years, Bielema's contract was extended until January 31, 2017.[SUP][2]"
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[0LDSCH00L]

Great hire, let's see if he tries running up the score on teams down here?

 

[planomateo]

Had to go look up his quote

"I can tell you this, we at the Big Ten don't want to be like the SEC—in any way, shape or form."

 

[bama29fan]

Had to go look up his quote

"I can tell you this, we at the Big Ten don't want to be like the SEC—in any way, shape or form."

was that in ref. to recruting?

 

[planomateo]

yes, due to how Urban was recruiting.

http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsport...ema-confronted-urban-over-recruiting-tactics/

 

[TerryP]

With all the coaches associated with Arkansas the last few weeks none of them made me wonder about Altee switching.

This hire does.