Bobby Petrino Fired: Twitter Erupts over Arkansas Coach's Dismissal

Bobby Petrino has reportedly been fired by the University of Arkansas after concealing a relationship he had with 25-year-old employee Jessica Dorrell. 

Joe Schad of ESPN reported on Tuesday:

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Bobby Petrino is out at Arkansas

— Joe Schad (@schadjoe) April 10, 2012"

As you can imagine, Twitter exploded after the news that the Razorbacks' football coach had been dismissed.

SportsTalkNetwork.com tweeted:

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If reports are accurate that #Razorbacks have dismissed Bobby Petrino, the university is to be congratulated for doing the right thing.

— sportstalkNETWORK (@sportstalkNET) April 10, 2012"

Andy Siegel, executive producer of CSNWashington.com, tweeted:

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As I tell my kids... "Lying only makes it worse" RT @NBCSports: #Arkansas reportedly fires football coach Bobby Petrino.

— Andy Siegel (@Andy_Siegel) April 10, 2012"

Gregg Doyel of CBSSports.com bashed Petrino:

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For his long run of downright smarminess, Bobby Petrino should stay unemployed for years. Of course, he won't.

— Gregg Doyel (@greggdoyelcbs) April 10, 2012"

Amy Lawrence of ESPN echoed an overwhelming sentiment:

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ESPNs Joe Schad reporting Bobby Petrino is out as Arkansas football coach. Definitely not surprised. Lying to an employer hard to overlook.

— Amy Lawrence (@AmyLawrenceESPN) April 10, 2012"

ACC & SEC Blog opined:

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Bobby Petrino held to higher standard than Bill Clinton. And they wonder why fball coaches are more important than politicians in South?

— ACC & SEC Blog (@accsecblog) April 10, 2012"

Bleacher Report's own Dan Levy tweeted:

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Joe Vitt is suspended for six Saints games, right? Perfect amount of time for Bobby Petrino to take over and leave for another job.

— Dan Levy (@DanLevyThinks) April 10, 2012"

Arkansas reportedly wanted to keep Bobby Petrino, but he would not agree to penalties, via Hawgs Illustrated:

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Per Clay' Henry's sources, Arkansas wanted to keep Bobby Petrino with penalties. He would not accept thosepenalties. Thus he was fired.

— Hawgs Illustrated (@HImagazine) April 10, 2012"