FAYETTEVILLE -- Arkansas Coach Bret Bielema was in the air, his mind aswirl, on the airplane flight back from Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Bielema was racking his brain to find the right message to present to his team two Saturdays ago after the Razorbacks had lost a 7-3 lead in the last 16 1/2 minutes and fell 27-14 at Alabama.
The loss dropped the Razorbacks to 2-4, 1-2 in the SEC, and far below expectations for a team that opened the season ranked No. 18 by The Associated Press.
"I spent a lot of time flying back from Alabama as a 2-4 coach saying, 'How do I spin this?