The end is near

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Why, if he could just coax a methodical, consistent performance out of his maligned charges and get a road win to even the Hogs' SEC mark at 1-1 and his own five-year ledger at 28-28, the 2017 season might not be nearly as lost as once feared, and he might have a sporting chance to coach out the remaining seven games without hearing the word "buyout."

...But right before halftime, Carolina parlayed one questionable pass interference call into a Jake Bentley-to-Bryan Edwards touchdown pass with four seconds to play, and that sent the home team to the locker room ahead 17-10 and enthused.

And, of course, that one throw cemented the Razorbacks' fate. See, it has fast become gospel around here that if Bielema's staring at a smaller number on the scoreboard as he saunters into the locker room at the midway point of a game, there's no credible reason for Arkansas to take the field for the last 30 minutes of action...

Take away Bielema's 0-16 mark in games where the Hogs have trailed at the half, and you still have 13 losses over less than five seasons where the Hogs have led or been tied at the break, too. The upshot? There has never been a worse second-half coach in the program's history...

But the cracks in the façade are showing now. He's publicly aired disappointment toward at least a couple of players. He remains apparently committed to Kurt Anderson after an 18-game stretch of generally horrid offensive line performance and personnel shuffling...

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