Of course the Hog Lady celebrated the hiring of Bret Bielema by singing "i'm a Believer" by The Monkees, of course she did...

Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema has accepted the vacant coaching position at Arkansas, sources said. Arkansas is expected to officially announce Bielema's hiring Tuesday, according to sources. Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long has not formally confirmed the hiring of Bielema but tweeted...

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"New Football Coach release at 6:05 PM Today Go Hogs!!!"

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Charles Barkley is pushing hard for Auburn to look beyond former Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino’s baggage and hire the coach to replace the recently fired Gene Chizik...

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NBC 38's Christina Chambers spoke with Sir Charles Barkley Tuesday. He’s pushing hard for Petrino. Barkley was against the hiring of Chizik from the beginning throwing his weight behind Turner Gill to be the next head coach, but says this time, Auburn needs to get it right, and it starts with Petrino.

“I understand he has some baggage but he’s a hell of a coach, and we shouldn’t try to play judge and jury and moral judge. He made a mistake, he admitted to his mistake, we have to hire a guy who we know can win, and that’s him,” said Charles Barkley over the phone. “It’s unfortunate about what happened to Chizik, but it’s time for Auburn to move on,” he said.

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Arkansas has made a head-coaching offer to LSU's Les Miles, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports, citing a source. The Razorbacks offered five years, $27.5 million, according to the paper. A source told the newspaper...

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"They made a serious offer," "(Athletic director) Joe (Alleva) is meeting with (Miles') agent and the discussion is ongoing."

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Miles' agent, George Bass, dismissed the report, telling the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: "There's nothing like that going on."

Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long says interim football coach John L. Smith will not return next season. Per ESPN...

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Long said in a statement released by the university that he met with Smith on Saturday, a day after the Razorbacks' season-ending 20-13 loss to LSU, and told him the school "would be making a change in leadership within our program."

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