November 24, 2017.
That date started perhaps the most tumultuous 12-day period the Razorbacks’ athletic department has ever seen.
Having lost consecutive games to LSU and Mississippi State, Arkansas entered the day needing to pull off a win against Missouri to take a bit of the sting off a 4-7 season to that point. But then-head coach Bret Bielema couldn’t pull it off in a 48-45 loss. As he walked off the field at Razorback Stadium, interim athletic director Julie Cromer met him before he made it to the locker room, subsequently firing the five-year head coach.