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Bret Bielema (HC Illinois)

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ScottsdaleBucki;2272722; said:
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Someone mentioned that there's an excellent children's hospital in Arkansas...Bret appears to be due around what, April?
 
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Clearly this has been in the works for awhile. I'm guessing it was a done deal with Bret snuck out of the Nebraska game last year to drop in on the Arkansas - A&M contest...

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I don't think he's ever had that much fun outside of his wedding.
 
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Some other telling info about Bert...

The final regular-season polls are out, including the coaches' poll, which on Sunday revealed the final ballots from 59 FBS head coaches.

Six Big Ten coaches voted in this year's poll: Illinois' Tim Beckman, Wisconsin's Bret Bielema, Michigan State's Mark Dantonio, Michigan's Brady Hoke, Nebraska's Bo Pelini and Indiana's Kevin Wilson.

Politics and biases undoubtedly play out in the final balloting, so let's check out some notable votes from the Big Ten contingent.

After Wisconsin smashed his team Saturday night, Pelini ranked the Badgers at No. 16, the highest vote they received (Washington's Steve Sarkisian also had UW at 16). Bielema, meanwhile, had the Badgers at No. 18. Bielema didn't think a whole lot of the Huskers after Saturday night's stomping, putting Nebraska at No. 24, the lowest vote Big Red received among the Big Ten coaches.

Wilson, whose Indiana team Wisconsin crushed Nov. 10 in Bloomington, had the Badgers at No. 25, lowest among all the Big Ten coaches. Wilson had Nebraska at No. 22.

Hoke was one of three coaches to give Michigan its highest ranking at No. 15. The others? Notre Dame's Brian Kelly and ... wait for it ... Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez, who coached the Wolverines from 2008-10. Nice to see Rich isn't bitter. Dantonio put his in-state rival at No. 20.

NC State coach Dave Doeren, the former Wisconsin defensive coordinator who coached Northern Illinois this season, didn't rank the Badgers on his final ballot. He had Nebraska at No. 18. Huh?

Kent State coach Darrell Hazell, a former Ohio State assistant, didn't have much love for the Big Ten, not ranking Northwestern or Nebraska. He had Michigan at No. 23.

Ohio coach Frank Solich, who played and coached at Nebraska, had the Huskers at No. 23 on his ballot.
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i really like this hire for Arkansas. I think it's a good fit, and he should consistently have them right where they belong.....somewhere noticeably below the traditional powers in the division.

LSU, Bama, A&M (as long as Sumlin stays), Auburn, should all regularly finish ahead of the Hogs for the foreseeable future.

throw in a permanent cross division game against Spurrier (for now) and yep, their a 5 loss team damn near every year.

5 losses will NOT get you to Atlanta.
 
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Nutriaitch;2272779; said:
i really like this hire for Arkansas. I think it's a good fit, and he should consistently have them right where they belong.....somewhere noticeably below the traditional powers in the division.

LSU, Bama, A&M (as long as Sumlin stays), Auburn, should all regularly finish ahead of the Hogs for the foreseeable future.

throw in a permanent cross division game against Spurrier (for now) and yep, their a 5 loss team damn near every year.

5 losses will NOT get you to Atlanta.
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Yeah...

I mean I keep harping on it, but it's also the truth.

Biff walked into a system that already had all of the parts and framework. All he did was turn the key.

Compare that to Our-kansas....John L. Smith has destroyed their morale, their talent level is falling off in the SEC, and now Butthead is coming in to rebuild the program when he has zero experience putting a team together.

And to top it off, it sounds like none of his assistants are following him. Is it Arkansas's belief that Biff is capable of creating his own offensive philosophy, hire his own staff, and rebuild that program from essentially scratch?

One of the worst hires I have ever seen....
 
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billmac91;2272782; said:
Yeah...

I mean I keep harping on it, but it's also the truth.

Biff walked into a system that already had all of the parts and framework. All he did was turn the key.

Compare that to Our-kansas....John L. Smith has destroyed their morale, their talent level is falling off in the SEC, and now Butthead is coming in to rebuild the program when he has zero experience putting a team together.

And to top it off, it sounds like none of his assistants are following him. Is it Arkansas's belief that Biff is capable of creating his own offensive philosophy, hire his own staff, and rebuild that program from essentially scratch?

One of the worst hires I have ever seen....
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no clue what their thought process is.
but most of the players who were successful under Petrino are gone after this season.

any decent underclassmen they have on campus already were recruited to run BP's system. A wide open passing attack with very little regard to actually attempting to play defense.
which is basically the polar opposite of what fatboy has been doing up in cheeseland.

will the Arky faithful be patient with him if they lose 6-7 games next year.
that 4 game stretch starting last week of September is brutal even if you have an established roster/coach.

throw in both Mississippi schools are on the way up, and already at least as good/better than the pigs.
and Auburn probably improved simply by not having Chizik roaming the sidelines.

unless fatboy is way better than any of us are giving him credit for, I don't see how they get more than 2 conference wins next year. And even that low number isn't a gimme.


they probably just hired Houston Nutt 2.0
will beat a team that they shouldn't every year, but drop a handful of "winnable" games the same season.
 
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Bucky32;2272800; said:
BB is obviously trying to duck Rutgers.
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Then it probably wouldn't be very effective to take a job at a school that plays them next year. :lol:

Besides, I bet the opposite it true. They have Fat Darrell sandwiches at Rutgers. If anything, he's trying to get there faster.

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woofermazing;2272657; said:
Saw this on another forum



So you pick Arkansas???

I've been to Arkansas, the stereotypes are 100% accurate, maybe even understated in some cases.
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Seriously! Madison is one of the best small city/college towns out there. If I didn't want to live in a big city, Madison would be very high on my list.

I wouldn't wish Arkansas on a Fredoite.
 
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