Bobby Petrino News

We heard it when Arkansas fired Bobby Petrino for personal indiscretions and when Tennessee fired Bruce Pearl for professional transgressions.

The eight months that separate one college football season from the next are just as important as the four when the games are actually played.

Bret Bielema left little doubt about the foreseeable future when he said returning starter Brandon Allen had pulled away from the rest of the Arkansas quarterbacks following a scrimmage last week.

But there was some running to be noted, particularly since some of the impressive runs were by those whom Arkansas fans would not expect.

Bobby Petrino's first spring in his second stint as Louisville's coach drew 27,500 for the Cardinals' first night scrimmage in three years.

Gardner threw three of his four touchdown passes in the first half, and Michael Dyer ran for two scores to help the Red squad rout the White 56-13.

Yep. It's the time of the year where these types of posts start flowing like Twista doing a guest spot in 2004.

Unfortunately on a Thursday when only Arkansas defensive players and coaches are media available, the bigger news was on the offensive side of the ball as the Razorbacks practiced in pads for their last workout of the week leading into Saturday's scrimmage.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. It is hard to miss the giant poster of Teddy Bridgewater hanging in the lobby of the Louisville football complex, celebrating the Cardinals' momentous win over Florida in the Allstate Sugar Bowl two years ago.

I got into a war of words a couple of weeks ago with the managing editor of KFSM-TV, Channel 5, in Fayetteville over his online-only story about a University of Central Arkansas journalism professor who had been selected by majority vote of a committee of tenured faculty to head up the University of Arkansas' Center for Ethics in Journalism.

Reggie Johnson, a former Alabama A&M assistant coach most recently on the staff at UAB, has been named as new defensive coordinator for Alabama A&M.

Ricky in Tallahassee, Fla., writes: Hi, Andrea. Mark Schlabach did a piece on five nonconference games he would like to see and I was wondering which five nonconference games involving an ACC team would make your list? As an FSU fan and alumnus, here are the five nonconference games I would like to see for FSU: 1. FSU-Alabama: So many storylines.

They are the most important games of the year but also one that have absolutely no official effect on any standings, polls or postseason qualifications.

While March Madness is on the minds of most Cardinal fans this time of year, let's not forget that spring football has officially kicked off as well.