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Arkansas Interim Head Football Coach John L. Smith Files For Bankruptcy
Arkansas football coach John L. Smith, thrust into the interim role after Bobby Petrino's midlife crisis, is facing a crisis of his own after filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation in an Arkansas court today....

Hop On Back Of The Bobby Petrino Apology Tour, Which Begins Today
It's been just under four months since Arkansas fired Bobby Petrino for hiring his young girlfriend to an athletics department position, paying her extra under the table, and lying about it. Four months is barely enough time to break in a new hairstyle, but, naturally, Petrino has found the time to ...

What Is On The Syllabus for Florida State's Class On How Not To End Up Like Bobby Petrino?
It's an important class for college students these days, so thank goodness for Dr. Jason Pappas. The course is named "Issues in Sports Management," or perhaps more accurately "How To Avoid Crashing Your Motorcycle While Joyriding With A Younger Female Employee Who Is Not Your Wife." Its course code...

For Sale: Bobby Petrino's Wrecked Motorcycle, Needs Some Repair
If you're into making investments you have no chance of recouping, have I got a deal for you. Bobby Petrino's 2007 Harley Davidson, the same one the former Arkansas football coach allegedly crashed while riding with ex-university employee Jessica Dorrell, is up for auction at Copart.com, and while t...

"I Always Told Her I Would Take Her For A Ride": Notes From Bobby Petrino's Meeting With Arkansas Before They Fired Him
"I am still looking for ways you can remain our coach," Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long wrote in his prepared notes before a meeting with Bobby Petrino. It was April 8, and the university would fire Petrino with cause two days later. "Help me understand why this [sic] are not violations of your...

Bobby Petrino Claimed He Started Seeing Jessica Dorrell In October, Ended Things In February
On April 10, the day Arkansas fired Bobby Petrino, the outgoing coach sat down with athletic director Jeff Long. Petrino gave Long some details of his relationship with Jessica Dorrell, and Long's handwritten notes were included in a personnel file released by the university today. ...

Jessica Dorrell Has Resigned, Will Receive $14K From University
Jessica Dorrell, the motorcycle seatmate and texting buddy of former Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino, has resigned her position as the team's student-athlete development coordinator. Dorrell was hired over by Petrino over 158 other applicants at an annual salary of nearly $59,000. University ...

Alison Melder, Through Lawyer, Denies Affair With Bobby Petrino
Alison Melder, the Arkansas Young Republican and former model who spent at least two months heavily corresponding with Bobby Petrino, has gone underground since we identified her from Petrino's phone records last week. She's emerged, and she's got representation. An email from Jeff Hagood, of Hagood...

Here's Something Nice About Bobby Petrino That We Learned From His Phone Records
It's not all fast bikes and fast women. A close reading of Bobby Petrino's cell phone logs reveals this: Bobby has a heart....

Over Two-Month Period, Bobby Petrino Exchanged 200 Messages With Former "Miss Motorcycle Mania" Bikini Model
The process of parsing Bobby Petrino's phone records continues, and another interesting number has popped up on our radar. In fits and starts, Petrino exchanged nearly two hundred text and picture messages with a Little Rock cell phone registered to one Alison Melder, whose LinkedIn profile lists he...

Bobby Petrino Was Texting Greg Brohm Right Before The Crash
Going through Bobby Petrino's phone records, there's a series of text messages to and from a single phone number in the minutes before and after the crash....

Here Are Bobby Petrino's Phone Records
We received phone records from Bobby Petrino's university-issued cellphone dating back to Sept. 12, and the contact with Jessica Dorrell begins almost immediately. From phone tag at 10:33 a.m. on the Monday before the Troy game, to a flurry of calls the evening after the police report naming her was...

Two Blonde Blow-Up Dolls Got Motorcycle Rides On The Arkansas Campus Today
And this photo of them was spotted by a reader named Trey. This much is known: The two outlaws driving certainly weren't Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper. So was this a protest against the university's decision to fire Bobby Petrino? An attempted re-enactment of the infamous accident scene? A double da...

Bobby Petrino Issues Apology: "I Have No One To Blame But Myself"
After Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long's emotional press conference to announce the firing of Bobby Petrino, the ex-Razorbacks football coach released this statement, apologizing for the conduct that led to his dismissal. ...

Arkansas AD Jeff Long Nearly Brought To Tears While Reading Moving Statement About Petrino's Firing
Here's the tail end of Arkansas Razorbacks athletic director Jeff Long's opening statement to his presser on the firing of head football coach Bobby Petrino. It was one of several times in his statement he was nearly brought to tears and had to stop to collect himself, which is understandable give...
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Arkansas Has Fired Bobby Petrino [UPDATE]
ESPN's Joe Schad is reporting Arkansas has fired head football coach Bobby Petrino, and a press conference is due to take place any moment now at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville at which we presume this news will be officially released by Razorbacks AD Jeff Long. We don't know if Petrino was notif...

Science: Sun And Wind Probably Did Not Cause Bobby Petrino's Motorcycle Crash
There are only two people who know what caused Bobby Petrino's cherry red Harley-Davidson Road King to skid off the highway earlier this month: Bobby Petrino and Jessica Dorrell. In the police report, Dorrell told officers "she did not know what caused this accident." Petrino's statement indicated t...

Arkansas Students Held A Pro-Bobby Petrino Rally And Made Some Amazing Signs
"Team Save Coach Petrino" has more than 21,000 followers on Facebook, but just 200 devoted souls showed up to a pro-Petrino rally at The Gardens on Arkansas's campus last night. The fans are urging UA athletic director Jeff Long not to punish Bobby Petrino for his part in a motorcycle crash—and the ...

Bobby Petrino Kept Jessica Dorrell A Secret As Long As Possible: More Crash Details Emerge
From the beginning, Bobby Petrino's motorcycle accident raised questions beyond the comely blonde involved. From the point of view of the Arkansas State Police, they needed to quickly clear up the matter of Captain Lance King, an off-duty officer who transported Petrino—but not Dorrell—to the hospit...

Bobby Petrino Investigation To Continue Through Weekend, Jessica Dorrell "In Safe Mode"
The Associated Press tracked down Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long today and he intimated the investigation into Bobby Petrino continues and will likely last through Easter Sunday. Long is said to be "examining a variety of issues surrounding Petrino's motorcycle accident last weekend." Obvious...