A member of the NCAA’s Playing Rules Oversight Panel, Arkansas coach Bret Bielema recently proposed a rules change that would create a “15-second substitution period” after each first down to allow defenses to substitute. It echoes a similar “fast offenses are no fun” sentiment that Saban first expressed back in October. Bielema explained to al.com...

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“There’s times where you can’t get a defensive substitution in for 8, 10, 12 play drives,” “That has an effect on safety of that student-athlete, especially the bigger defensive linemen, that is really real.”

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Flying in the face of Bielema’s assertion is a tabulation of 2011 “injury stats” by college football guru Phil Steele. The four most injury-stricken teams all ran pro-style offenses, while prominent no-huddle teams such as Houston and Northern Illinois were among the least-injured teams in the country.

Today, recruit Rafe Peavey was visiting the University of Arkansas when he took a picture. This was no ordinary locker room picture though, because he was holding a Razorbacks helmet that had never before been seen by the public. Not sure if these are new helmets that will be worn in 2013, or if they were just a special promotional mockup...

Supposedly new Arkansas football coach Bret Bielema met his wife Jen Bielema at a blackjack table in Las Vegas. Interesting. Even more interesting is this pic of Jen in Vegas this past weekend...

Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema is apparently one of those bigger guys with a small dog. He tweeted this Wednesday with the following picture...

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"She is mad because I'm working on summer calendar and Jen is unpacking boxes. She really is spoiled so bad."

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After Arkansas quarterback Tyler Wilson started tumbling down the draft board this past weekend, he decided to clear his head by venturing out to a local Walmart Supercenter. And that’s when the Oakland Raiders called, creating a buzz amongst curious shoppers...

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“I was fed up with watching so we just got out and then get the phone call there in Walmart, of all places, but that’s good being from Arkansas,” Wilson said, via the Log Cabin Democrat. “He’s standing right next to me and kind of hears the conversation a little bit. I kind felt like everybody in the store at that point had kind of figured out what’s going on. That was fun. We ended up getting out of there without too much harm and ended up getting back and celebrated with friends and family.”

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