Bobby Petrino, the Arkansas Football Coach, Got in a Motorcycle Accident Sunday Evening [UPDATE]

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Bobby Petrino, the Arkansas Football Coach, Got in a Motorcycle Accident Sunday Evening [UPDATE]

By Jason McIntyre April 2, 2012 9:11 am ET Follow @thebiglead

By: Jason McIntyre | April 2, 2012 9:11 am ET Follow @thebiglead

Bobby Petrino was involved in a motorcycle accident Sunday evening according to Robbie Neiswanger of the Arkansas News. Petrino, the 51-year old football coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks, went to the hospital where he stayed overnight. There’s no word yet on the extent of his injuries.

Petrino has coached Arkansas for the last four years, taking the Razorbacks to three straight bowl games. The Razorbacks, who finished last season ranked 5th, figure to be one of the best teams in the country in 2012.

[UPDATE: ESPN’s Joe Schad tweets that Petrino is “pretty banged-up” but the injuries are not “life-threatening.”]

[UPDATE II: Thomas Murphy reports Petrino suffered multiple broken ribs, “all kinds of cuts and bruises” and a sprained neck.]

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https://twitter.com/#!/ParrishWalton HuskerDawg

No word on the extent of his injuries.

You can expect a 4 sentence note explaining what happened soon.
arkbadger

just another reason to never own a motorcycle.

Godspeed Coach Petrino.
http://www.twitter.com/kcresident KC Resident

Bobby Petrino, the Arkansas Football Coach

As opposed to Bobby Petrino, short order line cook.
http://www.sportsherniablog.com Tim Ryan

I bet he had a giant hock of ham riding with him in the sidecar.
http://www.majorleaguejerk.com/ payaso

Hope he’s alright. You never want to really see a coach get hurt, unless it’s Brian Kelly.
http://nudistcolonytailor.com/ got_em_looking

Donor-cycles as they are known in the ER. My ex-gf got into a pretty back wreck 1 month after we stated dating… Next to her in intensive care was an 18 year old in a coma from a motorcycle wreck.
The Wayne Fontes Safari

Did he hit something or inexplicably jump off his bike as he was cruising down the highway?
arkbadger

Did he hit something or inexplicably jump off his bike as he was cruising down the highway?

it’s a pretty curvey road out towards where he had the wreck and pretty heavily wooded, I would have to think he was getting out the way of something, but no telling.
MalletsMullet

Someone needs to get BMFP a Kenny Powers-esque Spyder 3 wheeler. Gotta be safer than the 2 wheelers, right?
http://www.majorleaguejerk.com/ spencer096

so he broke some ribs…it’s all good. that’s why he signed four extra ribs.

/oversigning joke’d
arkbadger

knowing the area he wrecked in, I think it’s safe to assume the ambulance he rode is was not all that sexy.
http://www.majorleaguejerk.com/ spencer096

knowing the area he wrecked in, I think it’s safe to assume the ambulance he rode is was not all that sexy.

and knowing petrino, there was a second ambulance on standby incase the first one wasn’t up to snuff.

/petrino meme’d
//have nothing to contribute to mad men
squawkbox

Did he hit something or inexplicably jump off his bike as he was cruising down the highway?

Awesome.
squawkbox

I think it’s safe to assume the ambulance he rode is was not all that sexy

With all due respect, this is a given, right? We are talking about Arkansas now, aren’t we?

/Been to a hospital in LR