# Can anyone explain why Bret Bielema is ditching Wisconsin for Arkansas? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 5, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-why-bret-bielema-is-ditching-wisconsin-for-arkansas/643095 "2012-12-05T18:16:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Alex\_from\_CB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@Alex\_from\_CB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_from_CB)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-why-bret-bielema-is-ditching-wisconsin-for-arkansas/643095/21 "2012-12-15T02:40:02Z")
BARRY SWITZER, former Oklahoma coach, Arkansas alum on Bielema hire: “The first thing I heard today was that he grew up on a pig farm. That’s quite a start in my book. And my last memory was watching him hang 70 on Nebraska. Just those two facts are enough. Then, I hear that he’s out of the Hayden Fry-Bill Snyder-Barry Alvarez coaching tree. Oh, that’s enough for me to like a lot. Then, I hear he’s got a 27-year-old wife. Okay, we can stop. I like him.” People go to work for… **MONEY**. He got & $700,000+ more per year and a 6 year guaranteed contract. ---
**Author:** ![Eugene\_of\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@Eugene\_of\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eugene_of_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-why-bret-bielema-is-ditching-wisconsin-for-arkansas/643095/22 "2012-12-15T04:40:17Z")
Mo money, SEC and Arkansas is properly geared for football, i.e. facilities and fan and school support. SOOEY! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-why-bret-bielema-is-ditching-wisconsin-for-arkansas/643095.md?page=1)