Here is a picture of my grandson Luke Hatcher with a football he won at the Saline County Razorback Club and it was signed by Coach Bret Bielema.
(I got to write about this meeting that Bielema attended for the Saline Courier and my article is online.) I have had the opportunity to write on sports several times in the past for the Saline Courier and you can find my articles online here, here, here, here, here, and here. Here is a serious article I wrote for the Saline Courier about a family friend killed by a drunk driver which can found at this link and I also wrote about some Arkansas war heroes and those articles can be found here, here, here, here, here, here, and here,
I got to hear Coach Bret Bielema speak at the Saline County Razorback Fish Fry on 3-27-13 and at that meeting he said that he Arkansas is a very similar state to Wisconsin although it is warmer down here. Some people have accused him of bringing the cold weather down here though (that got some laughs because of 29 degree weather this week).
Coach Bielema had earlier mentioned about his first introduction to Razorback fans. Here is what Coach Bielema said when he first accepted the Arkansas job:
I actually grew up in Illinois, but one of my favorite aunt and uncle live in Little Rock and my favorite cousins. I’d only get to see them once or twice a year because they only came for Thanksgiving or the Holidays. Actually, my aunt and uncle still live in Little Rock and one of my cousins lives here in Fayetteville. It’s going to be fun to rekindle with them. They used to bring me some Arkansas gear. I couldn’t even tell you where Arkansas was when I was eight, but I was wearing that hat. With that, they introduced me to what the fans of Arkansas are really about.
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