FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long didn't mince words in his response to what he called "unfounded and slanderous remarks" by Ohio State President Gordon Gee about Razorbacks football coach Bret Bielema.

Long issued a statement Saturday in which he recognized Gee's apology to Bielema, who Gee called a "thug" in a meeting of Ohio State's Athletic Council in December.

However, Long was hardly finished - leaving little doubt about his feelings about the brash comments made by Gee, who has come under fire this week after an Associated Press report revealed he mocked Notre Dame, Roman Catholics and the Southeastern Conference during the meeting.