By no means do offensive linemen play the sexiest position on the field. So it’s a bit ironic that Arkansas’ offensive linemen are the cover boys on this season’s Razorback football media guide. However, head Hog Bret Bielema would have it no other way.
When questioned about the cover at SEC Media Days, Bielema, who still sports a lineman’s body, said, “Well, selfishly, it’s because it’s the only group that I feel good about taking a picture with. That’s why they got vaulted into the No. 1 spot.”
Bielema joked, but the Hogs’ third-year coach has serious respect for the work linemen perform, and after laboring at the thankless task of playing nose guard as a walk-on at Iowa, he makes sure his lineman know they are appreciated.