LSU falls to Arkansas, 31-14

“Alex responds to challenges, man”, Bielema said. “That is what they do”. But the Rebels are 2-1 against the spread over those last three meetings, and 6-3 ATS over the last nine.

Before Sunday’s hard-fought victory, Ole Miss hadn’t beaten LSU since 2013. With their 31-14 loss to Arkansas last Saturday, their SEC West chances as well as their playoff chances are out the window now.

“There are certain things that we can study and learn from them”, Freeze said. “We will. We will look at all that and try to fit it to our game plan”. Rudock finished 33 of 46 with 440 yards and six touchdowns, and Jehu Chesson, caught 10 passes for 207 yards and four scores.

Also, wide receiver Dominique Reed has stepped in following injuries to three of Arkansas’ top wideouts to become one of quarterback Brandon Allen’s top play-making options. “He’s a fighter. I love him to death, a kid who I think is giving us his all every day, every way. He throws the deep ball extremely well”, Freeze said of the young quarterback. This week the Commodores take on Texas A&M. “That will play a big part if we can get penetration and get in the backfield and disrupt him a little bit”. Arkansas ended the game outgaining LSU, in terms of total yards, 440-330, including a 299-59 advantage on the ground, while the Tigers finished with a 271-141 edge in passing yards.

Throughout his decade with the Tigers, head coach Les Miles has survived a late season pick-six in 2008, a botched clock situation against Ole Miss in 2009 and a 21-0 loss to Alabama in the 2012 National Championship Game. I think this finishes in the high-40s/low-50s and just slides under the number here. “I know our guys are ready to get back and ready to hit somebody”. “I just didn’t give (them) the right stuff”.

“You are playing against one of the best backs, probably, in the history of the SEC”. Ole Miss will face arch rivals LSU and Mississippi State in the final two games of their regular season.

Barrett wasn’t at his best after reclaiming his starting spot from Cardale Jones, and it took a while for the Buckeyes (10-0, 6-0 Big Ten) to get rolling.

Ole Miss’ offense keeps getting better, too.

Concerns over the direction of the offense and the lack of a developed passing game have also haunted Miles in recent seasons. After a BYE week, the Razorbacks turned into the most explosive offense in the SEC, and have now won 4 games in a row on their way to bowl eligibility.

Arkansas is allowing 122.4 rushing yards per game, which is fourth in the SEC.

McRoberts felt LSU’s energy on the floor-and its fans cheering in the stands-changed the entire landscape of the match and forced Ole Miss to dig deeper.

LSU enters Saturday’s game coming off back-to-back losses to Alabama and Arkansas, ending its hopes of a playoff berth.

This season LSU’s Leonard Fournette had emerged as the favorite, but two subpar performances from the sophomore over the last two weeks has opened the race back up. “I would never trade my team for anything in the world”. We stopped them on the two-point conversion, but had a flag.

With Fournette, there aren’t a lot of examples that spring to mind of a player who seemed so certain to win the Heisman Trophy in roughly the middle of the season and so quickly seems unlikely.

John Wolford scored on a 1-yard run in the third quarter for Wake Forest (3-7), but the Demon Deacons squandered three other red-zone opportunities.

“LSU has been disappointed the last couple of weeks”, Freeze said. When you’re in the top four and have a hard loss, it is hard to manage the players, coaches and everyone’s psyche.

“I don’t see them really doing anything different than they were doing earlier in the year”, Mullen said.