Breaking: Arkansas to hire Bret Bielema

[Harry0569]

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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.

[ponyinNC]

SEC really is top dog. They steal a coach that has been to 3 straight rose bowls in arguably one of the best school in the Big 10.

wow

[redpony]

WOW- absolutely shocking. I am amazed that a coach at a leading B1G school would opt to move to a bottom tier SEC school.

[leopold]

Jesus that's a show of power. Arkansas really isn't as good of a job as some people think it is.
That, and the this will be a popular hire sincs the SEC always loves to stick it to the Big Ten.

Rumor is that Tennesse is talking to Mike Gundy as well - it may be rumor or a way of Gundy to get more money, but if he takes this job then you're talking about possibly the 3rd best job in the Big XII (and one with serious money behind it) losing out to a middle of the road SEC school.

Wow.

[redpony]

maybe jj has a new job and is insisting that no word leak out until after his bowel (yes, I know it was spelled wrong) game. Well, at least one can hope.

[S....M....U]

what a steal. can't wait to rub this in my badger roommate's face

[mustangnation]

I feel bad for Pitt. Pitt coach will definitely be on Wisconsin's short list. This may be the 4th in as many years for the Panthers

[PK]

I feel bad for Pitt. Pitt coach will definitely be on Wisconsin's short list. This may be the 4th in as many years for the Panthers

Pitt must be the pits to not be able to hold on to a coach for more than one year.

[TWALV33]

Does this mean SMU can get Gruden now?

[ponyinNC]

They should rename it "PittStop"...a new coach every year.

[ponyte]

Looks like a good hire and definitely puts the SEC as the top dog.

[gostangs]

i dont think there was much doubt that SEC was top dog anyway....

[Charleston Pony]

SEC really is top dog. They steal a coach that has been to 3 straight rose bowls in arguably one of the best school in the Big 10.

wow

well, to be fair...Ohio State nabbed a pretty good former SEC coach (helped that he was an Ohio guys and that was probably his dream job)

[SMU2007]

who the hell wants to live in wisconsin anyway?

[redpony]

would you really want to coach in a bottom level Southland conf. team vs. a top level Cusa team?