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Bobby Petrino: No matter how you feel about him, Missouri State changed the outlook of its football program

In just one crazy week, Missouri State has changed the outlook of its entire football program.

And those behind the hiring are taking a major risk to do so.

Missouri State announced Wednesday that it will hire Bobby Petrino as its next head football coach in a move that has caught national headlines.

Remember, it was just one week ago as of Wednesday when we thought Missouri State was going to go into another season with Dave Steckel on the sidelines.

If that were the case, the Bears would be sticking with a coach coming off a 1-10 season and a coach who has one of the worst winning percentages in the history of the Missouri Valley Football Conference.