You knew it was coming.
First, the backstory for those who need it. Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema told a gathering of Texas high school coaches, according to Texas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury, "‘if you don’t play with a fullback we’ll kick your ass and if you try to throw the ball 70 times a game we’ll kick your ass.'" Kingsbury is the son of a Texas high school coach and has made his name as a player and a coach playing without a fullback and throwing it 70 times a game.
Naturally, Kingsbury reveled in his Red Raiders' 35-24 win on Saturday night, saying, "he just got his ass kicked…twice in a row, and probably next week by A&M as well. So that did feel good.”
On Monday, Bielema responded.
"I'm happy he got to vent and hopefully he feels a lot better," Bielema said. "As a coach who has been in it for 10 years, I know better than to worry about somebody that's been around for a couple and they're .500. So we'll just go forward.
"Was I shocked? Yeah, just because you know, in this profession, you handle certain things in a certain way. I've never really had that before."
Never change, Bret. Please never, ever change.