FAYETTEVILLE — In typical Bret Bielema fashion, the Arkansas coach found a way to spice up an ordinary preseason appearance with a memorable one-liner during his visit to the Northwest Arkansas Touchdown Club in late August.
While addressing the crowd, Bielema previewed Arkansas’ trip to Fort Worth, Texas, to face TCU and rekindle an old Southwest Conference rivalry. It was innocent enough, until he added this zinger:
“Great opportunity for us to play one of the best teams in college football over there,” Bielema said. “Neat thing is they’re coming here next year … unless they Michigan us.