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Minnesota Football: The Monday Perspective is tired of the Bret Problem

We have a problem with Bret Bielema. It isn’t necessarily PJ Fleck’s problem, but he is going to have to be the one to fix this.

Bielema has been a head coach at 3 different Power 5 programs, with varied levels of success. He was the hand-picked successor by Barry Alvarez to replace Barry Alvarez in 2006. He spent 7 seasons leading the Badgers. In that span, he never lost to Minnesota. To be fair, most of those were up against Tim Brewster, but the undefeated record speaks for itself.

In a surprising decision, he left the Badgers to take the job at Arkansas following the 2012 season.