FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas football coach Bret Bielema had a direct answer this week when he was asked if either he or his representation had taken part in any conversations recently with athletic director Jeff Long about his future.
"No," Bielema said.
Turns out, it was Long's future that should have been up for questioning — the decade-long leader of the Razorbacks athletic program was fired Wednesday .
In the wake of Long's ouster, Arkansas senior associate athletic director Julie Cromer Peoples was named interim director of athletics as the search for a new department head begins.