Bret Bielema always had the look of an upwardly mobile coach, a go-getter who would never stay in one place for long. Still, it was a stunner when Bielema left the University of Wisconsin football program to take the coaching job at Arkansas, if only because it looks like a lateral move at best. The Bielema-to-Arkansas bombshell exploded Tuesday, just three days after his Badgers won the Big Ten Conference title and a trip to the Rose Bowl for the third consecutive year. Despite that run of success, Bielema was a polarizing figure in Wisconsin, where his approval rating never matched his win total.
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