Petrino in motorcycle wreck

[NewChief]

He didn't die (hate to disappoint Hamas and the rest of the board who hate BMFP).

http://arkansasmatters.com/fulltext?nxd_id=525802
9:50 a.m. update: (from University of Arkansas Athletics Department):

Arkansas head football coach Bobby Petrino was involved in a motorcycle accident Sunday evening near the town of Crosses in Madison County, Arkansas. Arkansas State Police responded to the accident.

The university is releasing the following statement from Coach Petrino's family.

"Coach Petrino was involved in a motorcycle accident on Sunday evening that involved no other individuals. He is in stable condition and is expected to make a full recovery. Our family appreciates respect for our privacy during the recovery and we are grateful for the thoughts of Razorback fans at this time."

Jeff Long, director of athletics and vice chancellor, said he has been in touch with the Petrinos and added that he will consult with the family to provide additional information at a later time. Until then, there will be no further information or comment on the accident per the Petrinos' request.

Original report:

Joe Schad, ESPN's National College Football reporter says via Twitter this morning that a person close to Coach Petrino reports his injuries in a Sunday night motorcycle accident in Madison County are not life-threatening but he is "pretty banged up."

Schad also tweets that Coach Petrino could take some time to recover but that he's focused and determined to return to practice as quickly as possible.

Bill Sadler with Arkansas State Police confirmed earlier today that the accident happened around 6:45 along Highway 16 near the Crosses community.

The crash involved only Petrino's bike, Sadler said.

Petrino has been hospitalized since the accident and there's been no official report on his condition.

Stay with KARK and ArkansasMatters.com for the latest on this developing story.

[Predarat]

Couldn't have happened to a........wait a minute that would not be a nice thing to say. Hope he wasn't hurt "too bad". There thats better.

[vailpass]

Single vehicle accident? Blood alcohol content?
Hopefully Petrino's injuries are minor and he recovers fully.

[big nasty kcnut]

well at least he not hated like nick sabin tosh said even god hated nick sabin when those tornado hit alabama.

[Dayze]

apparently his bike quit working just before the accident.

[DeezNutz]

On his way to another job?

[Saulbadguy]

Candlelight vigil and pig wooing session scheduled at 7:00 PM tonight outside the hospital.

[DJ's left nut]

I thought it said Pitino and was sad.

Saw that it said Petrino and was significantly less sad.

He's the biggest ****stain in college football, IMO. I hope he doesn't die or suffer permanent injury, but I'm not gonna lie - I hope it stings like a sonofabitch for a few days...

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

I thought it said Pitino and was sad.

Saw that it said Petrino and was significantly less sad.

He's the biggest ****stain in college football, IMO. I hope he doesn't die or suffer permanent injury, but I'm not gonna lie - I hope it stings like a sonofabitch for a few days...

Pretty much. Hating Arkansas will be pretty easy, given the leadership of their football and basketball programs.

[Saul Good]

Their basketball coach, Mike Anderson, was also involved in a train wreck recently. Witnesses described it as the 2011-12 basketball season.

[NewChief]

I know that you all were terribly concerned about Bobby Petrino, so here's an update:
http://www.arkansassports360.com/305...BJDwo.facebook

Bahn: Petrino Family Won't Let Anything Keep Them From Football
by Chris Bahn
4/3/2012 at 8:05pm

Paul Petrino went to his office at the Broyles Athletic Complex on Monday and gathered up a few items that he figured would be essential to planning the week’s football practices. He then made his way to Physician’s Specialty Hospital in Fayetteville where his brother, Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino, was being treated for an assortment of injuries following a motorcycle accident.

Their planning session, Paul said, was treated just like they were in a meeting room at the office.

Sure, Bobby Petrino was hospitalized Sunday evening after a 6:45 p.m. motorcycle accident left him with broken ribs, a chipped vertebrae and a serious case of road rash on his face. Yet here he was focused on football, refusing to let his condition keep him from work.

Petrino told family members, friends, recruits and employees he’d be back at practice on Tuesday. That was before doctors gave him their blessing.

None of this, of course, surprised Paul Petrino, the team's offensive coordinator.

“He’s a Petrino. Tough,” Paul said. “I never had no doubt he was going to be here. Most people wouldn’t have been, but there was never any doubt he would be here.”

Seeing Bobby Petrino back at work after a serious motorcycle wreck — one that happened without him wearing a helmet — wasn’t even No. 1 on the toughest moments list Paul would compile for his brother. There was a game in college where Petrino suffered a significant knee injury, but kept playing quarterback for the Carroll College Saints.

And Paul knows tough. Remember, he blew out a knee in drills during spring practice last season at Illinois and finished the day's work before seeking medial treatment for an injury that eventually required surgery.

This was, by the way, at least the second time the Petrino brothers have gotten together in a hospital and worked on football.

Back when they coached at Louisville, their father, Bob, was undergoing treatment for cancer. So Bobby and Paul gathered up their playbooks and worked through them as they waited out their father’s surgery.

There's just not much that can keep this away family from football. Even an accident that left Bobby Petrino in a brush pile on the side of Highway 16 nearly 23 miles outside of Fayetteville.

Doctors released Petrino from the hospital at approximately 11:30 a.m. He was back in the Broyles Complex for a meeting with compliance officer Jon pillowbiterg by 2:20 p.m. and then on to a team meeting and other duties before visiting with the press at 3:45 p.m.

Why? Why come back so soon?

“Because I love coaching and I love watching us practice and I want to see our players improve,” Petrino said

Even in recounting his accident, detailing his injuries and explaining why he was back at work so quickly, Petrino was coaching up his team. He made sure to tell reporters where he wanted the Razorbacks to improve this week.

Not surprisingly, Petrino chose mental toughness as the day's theme.

“We have to get tougher mentally,” Petrino said. "Last week’s practices were hard because I am not sure we have ever had heat like this in the month of [March] so it challenged them with their conditioning and their mental toughness.”

What choice does the team have at this point, but to listen and take that message to heart? It’s not like players made a habit of complaining to Petrino. They didn’t go around not providing maximum effort, but Petrino, who's motto is "It's a show me world," has provided an example of just the sort of resiliency he wants from his players.

There he was Tuesday, wearing a neck brace and watching practice from inside a box at Razorback Stadium. Petrino was joined by his wife, Becky; son, Bobby; daughter, Kelsey and granddaughter Briana. Once he finished watching they joined him in a Razorback golf cart and they were driven away from the stadium.

Athletic Director Jeff Long said he urged Petrino to take time to recover. Long told Petrino not to feel the need to rush back to practice.

“We’ll be advising him along the way,” Long said “Now, whether he takes that advice or not that remains to be seen.”

Don’t count on it.

Paul Petrino said there’s no chance of talking his brother into something he doesn’t want to do. That just isn’t happening. Paul didn’t even bother trying to convince his brother to skip work.

We're talking football, after all.

“I’m not going to talk him out of anything,” Paul Petrino said. “I mean, I just look at what’s best for him and do everything I can to make it easier on him. I just do my job and that’s to motivate the players and the coaches and do everything I can to give him as little worries as he can.

“You’re not going to keep him away.”

His presser today was hilariously BMFP, especially considering the dude has to be on some serious pain meds. He has several broken ribs and cracked vertebrae.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

A stolen laptop was found 20 feet from the wreckage....

[siberian khatru]

Petrino had rider in motorcycle crash

The State Police this afternoon released its report on Razorback football coach Bobby Petrino's motorcycle wreck.

The report reveals that Petrino had a rider on the back of his Harley-Davidson when he left the highway near Crosses on a Sunday evening drive on Highway 16 — Jessica Dorrell, 25, of Elkins. She's a former Razorback volleyball player who was named the first Razorback female athletic fund-raiser when she ecame an assistant director of the Razorback Foundation in May 2011, according to the UA website. Last month, she went to work directly for Petrino when she was named the student-athlete coordinator for the football team. She's also earned an MBA. It apparently was she who flagged down a motorist to get assistance for the injured Petrino. She was not hurt in the wreck and said she didn't know what had caused it. The report quotes Petrino as saying because of sun and wind he was unable to maneuver the bike and drove off the road. He said he tried to lay the bike down and "the next thing I know I was lying in a wood pile."
Here's the report.

Here's a recording of Petrino's remarks at a news conference Tuesday about the accident. He makes no mention of a companion, though he was asked about it. When asked if anyone was with him at the site and how he got help, he responded:

When I came out of a ditch, there was a lady there that had flagged down a car. And the guy that was in the passenger seat said get in we’ll just take you right to the hospital.
The State Police report said passing motorists picked up Petrino and Dorrell for a ride to the hospital, but "upon arival at the intersection of East Huntsville Road and Crossover Road in Fayetteville, Passenger Dorrell departed in her personel [sic] vehicle." At that spot, they met State Police Capt. Lance King, who took Petrino to a Fayetteville hospital.

More here: http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog...oL8Eoc.twitter


WITH PETRINO ON RIDE: Jessica Dorrell

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[Predarat]

You beat me to it but wow hahaha

[DJ's left nut]

Would do. She's a former volleyball player, so you know the worst parts of her are the parts in the photo.

EDIT: Screencap confirms. Yes, would do. With any luck she's one of his players' wife or something. Anything that makes Petrino sad makes me happy.