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Misery Index Week 2: Flummoxed in Fayetteville

USA TODAY Sports' George Schroeder looks at lessons learned from Week 2 of the college football season. USA TODAY Sports

It is to the eternal benefit of the sports entertainment industrial complex that someone like Bret Bielema exists. He is a massive human being with an even bigger mouth, completely unafraid of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time or the consequences that might follow. He tweaks his coaching colleagues, talks smack about other programs, describes wins as “borderline erotic” and has been known to go back-and-forth with opposing fan bases on Twitter.