Four-star cornerback Sojourn Shelton noticed Charlie Partridge's phone kept going off, but Partridge paid no attention to it as the two were meeting at Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) Plantation.
Once Partridge left, that's when both parties found out the news Bret Bielema was leaving Wisconsin for Arkansas.
"We noticed his phone kept lighting up, but he was with me so he didn't pay attention to it," Shelton said Tuesday night. "We walked to the front office, he went his way to his car, and I checked Twitter and someone retweeted something about Coach Bielema leaving. I was thinking maybe it was a rumor. So I clicked on a couple profiles and saw it was true.
Once Partridge left, that's when both parties found out the news Bret Bielema was leaving Wisconsin for Arkansas.
"We noticed his phone kept lighting up, but he was with me so he didn't pay attention to it," Shelton said Tuesday night. "We walked to the front office, he went his way to his car, and I checked Twitter and someone retweeted something about Coach Bielema leaving. I was thinking maybe it was a rumor. So I clicked on a couple profiles and saw it was true.
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