FAYETTEVILLE — It's a simple tenant that Bret Bielema continues to give to the Arkansas football team. It's been there all four years of his tenure as head coach.
He repeats each week: “You earn everything.”
That explains the losses the last two years against Texas A&M at Arlington, Texas, when the Hogs played wonderful football for three quarters only to fall in overtime when the Aggies produced huge plays in the passing game to come from behind.
Bielema's explanation: the Hogs earned defeat. Yes, they did. The mistakes they made in the secondary were major.