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What Missouri State coach Bobby Petrino said on Monday about his return to Arkansas

If you ask Bobby Petrino's players, you wouldn't be able to tell that anything was different about their head coach heading into the third week of the season.

"He's been pretty stonewall," star quarterback Jason Shelley said. "He's the same ol' person that he's always been. I think that's gonna rub off on the guys and just let us play our regular game."

But anyone who knows the name "Bobby Petrino" and about his tenure at Arkansas knows that Saturday evening's matchup between Missouri State and the Razorbacks will have a different meaning.

Petrino will make his return to Fayetteville to coach a football game for the first time since he was fired by Arkansas in April 2012.