The humiliation of Bret Bielema

That was hilarious! Pretty much everyone agreed that Bret Bielema came across as a bumbling fool when he tried to rip Ohio State’s schedule and then proceeded to have his over-hyped Razorbacks crap the bed against Toledo.

Bielema is a blowhard and also an overrated coach. He hopped aboard the Wisconsin train and basically just kept the same formula. He had some success while Michigan was down and Ohio State had to go through the Luke Fickell transition season until Urban Meyer restored order to the Big Ten.

Bielema parlayed that record to a monster contract at Arkansas, where suddenly he had to do real coaching in order to turn around a program and compete in the tough SEC.

Arkansas was the favorite sleeper pick of many experts, but now big mouth Bielema has become a laughingstock instead.

Let’s see if he can redeem himself with some wins in the SEC.

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Toledo player catches 20 passes against Michigan, then celebrates by getting arrested

It’s not every year the University of Toledo beats Michigan in football. So when it happened this past weekend, two Rockets players decided to celebrate…hard.

Receiver Nick Moore was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct intoxication outside of a Ryno’s Bar & Grill, while defensive end Albertson Alexandre was charged with obstructing official business.

Moore, a senior and team captain, and Jason Link of Columbus were involved in a fistfight at 2:30 a.m. Sunday in the establishment’s parking lot, according to police. Link was also charged with disorderly conduct intoxication. Moore and Link were intoxicated and showed signs of being so, the report said.

According to the police report, when police arrived, they deployed mace to disperse a crowd of 30-40 people.

Alexandre, a junior from Miami, repeatedly approached the officers, ignoring numerous commands to leave the area, according to the report. After approaching an officer and tapping his firearm while trying to get his attention, Alexandre was taken into custody, according to police.

UT coach Tom Amstutz declined to comment yesterday through a university spokesman. In a statement, UT athletic director Mike O’Brien said, “We are still gathering information about the incident. We will not make any further comment on this situation until we are satisfied that we have all the pertinent facts.”

If Alexandre, 22, is convicted, he faces a maximum of 90 days in jail and up to a $750 fine. Moore, 22, and Link, 27, each face a maximum of a $100 fine if convicted. The three men are scheduled to appear this morning in Toledo Municipal Court.

Both players started for the Rockets in Saturday’s win. Moore had a school-record 20 catches for 162 receiving yards. Alexandre had five tackles, including a two-yard tackle for loss.

If you can’t celebrate beating Michigan by tapping on a police officers’ firearm, then I don’t know what’s appropriate. I will say this though, considering both the basketball and football programs have been accused of being involved in point shaving and gambling scandals over the past two years, those boys from Toledo sure know how to keep things interesting around campus.

You know your program is in trouble when…

Rich Rodriguez…you lose to an unranked MAC school as Michigan did Saturday when they were upset by Toledo, 13-10 in Ann Arbor.

I realize that this isn’t the best Michigan team in school history, but they’re still expected to beat a MAC school at home. Especially one that’s not even that good. This was the same Toledo team that got blown out by Ball State (albeit a very good Ball State team), 31-0 on their home turf. And before this loss, UM was 24-0 all-time against MAC schools.

Rich Rodriguez doesn’t have “his” players in place yet and once he does, the Wolverines are expected to rebound. But his first year in Ann Arbor has been nothing short of a disaster. They were a complete mess in a loss to Notre Dame, they were blown out at home last week by Illinois, and then today they lose to a sub-par MAC school. It’s almost incomprehensible. This is one of the most storied programs in college football and they’ve absolutely crumbled this year outside of one good half against Wisconsin.

If you listen closely, you can hear the entire state of West Virginia laughing.

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