SANDESTIN, Fla. — Years ago, when he first began chasing down high school football players in small towns across the Midwest, Bret Bielema quickly learned one undeniable fact in the seedy and often controversial world of recruiting.
You recruit your own problems.
“Hasn’t changed since I first started in the 1990s,” Bielema said.
He was a 20-something assistant at Iowa then, and now he is a 40-something head coach at Arkansas. The only difference in recruiting over the last two decades is the rules that apply. For one high-powered conference, change is coming and it’s not just in football.