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How Arkansas turned its defense around in two weeks

Arkansas coach Bret Bielema is a guy, who by all accounts, likes to have fun.

When his team went to Auburn on Oct. 22 in a battle of ranked opponents, it turned out to be anything but that.

"The Auburn game was not a lot of fun," Bielema said plainly, when asked about it on Wednesday.

The Razorbacks allowed a school-record 543 rushing yards and lost 56-3, the second-largest margin of victory over an AP-ranked team in the history of the AP poll (which began in 1936). The questions about the Razorbacks, and particularly their defense -- which was allowing a whopping 7.