FAYETTEVILLE -- If Arkansas Coach Bret Bielema fraternizes a little longer than usual with a Texas Tech coach during the pre-game on Saturday, it is likely to be defensive coordinator David Gibbs.
Bielema describes Gibbs, who is in his first season at Texas Tech, as a long-time friend and colleague. The pair met when Bielema was linebackers coach at his alma mater Iowa and Gibbs was defensive coordinator at Minnesota in the mid-1990s.
"I've competed against David for a long time and he's brought obviously a little swagger to that defense and you can see their kids flying around and they believe in what they're doing," Bielema said.