JEFF LONG THOUGHT it was a bad April Fool's joke. They know what happened when I was fired at Arkansas and how poorly I handled everything, and that's what sticks with them." But a lot of those people don't really know me. "I wish it was more positive, but it's probably more negative and a lot of that's on me. "There's instantly a reaction when you hear my name, whether it's negative or positive," Petrino said. "Unfortunately, I will always get to carry that with me, how it ended there," Petrino told ESPN.Ä«etween the end at Arkansas and a previous reputation for job-hopping and profanity-laced tirades (along with a whole lot of on-field success), Petrino knows there's not much middle ground when it comes to his reputation. Now, 10 years after the accident and the national embarrassment that followed, Petrino is returning to Arkansas to face the school he took to the doorstep of playing for a national championship in 2011. Petrino is well aware the first thing that pops up when doing a Google search of his name is the picture of him with a battered red face and neck brace after the motorcycle wreck that set off a chain of events leading to his dismissal at Arkansas and turning him into a punchline. 5 in the latest FCS poll, makes the 120-mile trip to Donald W. But this week, Petrino's past, and not his present, will be the focus when his team, ranked No. The job he's done in resurrecting a moribund Missouri State program and turning the Bears into FCS title contenders speaks for itself. He has been called many things over the years, but he is not naive.
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