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Former Arkansas head football coach Bobby Petrino spoke for the first time since he was fired following an affair with one of his employees, Jessica Dorrell. In an exclusive interview with ESPN’s Joe Schad, Petrino said he wakes up each day and wonders why he did what he did. “I have played it over and over in my head a million times. ‘How could I do this? How could this happen?' And not just the hiring, or that day. But my actions, my behavior — for months. It was just wrong,” Petrino said.
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