FAYETTEVILLE -- Fans in cars were leaving the game, backed up for blocks, when the news release was handed out that Bret Bielema had been terminated as the head football coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks.
Bielema said he was informed of the decision by interim athletic director Julie Cromer Peoples while coming off the field after a 48-45 loss Friday to the Missouri Tigers. He finishes his five years at Arkansas 29-34 overall and 11-29 in SEC play.
Bielema handled it with class and dignity.
He opened his postgame news conference with "Happy Thanksgiving," and later said he never had been terminated before.