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Bret Bielema (HC Illinois)

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https://www.campusrush.com/bret-bielema-arkansas-razorbacks-football-reinvention-1315728617.html

RAZORBACKS, REINVENTED: HOW BRET BIELEMA CHANGED THE FOOTBALL CULTURE AT ARKANSAS
BY PETE THAMEL
27 AUGUST 2015

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.—When former Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino careened his motorcycle into a ditch in the spring of 2012, the Razorbacks program crashed along with him. Details soon emerged that Petrino engaged in an extra-marital affair, hired his mistress for $55,000 and lied to his bosses. Arkansas then endured a year with eight player arrests and a 4-8 record, including a loss to Louisiana-Monroe. The school became the SEC's punchline and punching bag under interim coach John L. Smith.

Three years later the defining symbols of Arkansas football have changed from Petrino's wrecked motorcycle and robotic neck brace to Bret Bielema's doorless Jeep Rubicon and beloved flip-flops. Since Bielema's hiring in December 2012 no program in college football has undergone a more drastic overhaul on and off the field. The Razorbacks have gone from a spread to pro-style offense, from lawless to buttoned-up and from a coach considered to be the consummate introvert (Petrino) to one who is a distinctive extrovert (Bielema). Now the question lingers: Can they go from last to first in the vaunted SEC West?

Arkansas looms as one of the most fascinating teams in college football in 2015; it's No. 18 in the preseason AP Poll and is on the fringe of the national title conversation, yet it hasn't proven it can climb out of the SEC basement. Optimism swells around the program despite a 2-18 record in its past 20 league games and back-to-back last-place SEC West finishes. Still, after going 7-6 in '14 with a "borderline erotic" bowl win over Texas—Bielema's words at SEC Media Days—and shutouts of LSU and Ole Miss, Arkansas's momentum transcends the win-loss column.

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Optimism swells around the program
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Well something is swelling. Not sure if i'd call bert's stomach optimism.
 
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