Arkansas-Auburn went 4 OTs, and Lolo Jones threw a few shade

“When Rawleigh went down I knew I had to step up”. However, missed opportunities put the Tigers in a hole that they could not recover from.

Arkansas was supposed to run right at the worst rushing defense in the SEC.

Here’s the background. Back in the summer, Vegas released way-too-early odds on several of this season’s college football games.

The 2-4 Arkansas Razorbacks host the 4-2 Auburn Tigers in a battle of teams desperate for a conference win.

Auburn picked up a big win in Lexington last Thursday night against Kentucky.

Here’s Scarbinsky’s piece from June. “… Everybody else always worries about how you are going to bring them back, or how are they going to respond or are they going to be able to persevere”. Shall we? We shall.

Please tell us how much money you put down! The favorite has covered four of the last five games in this series.

Perhaps a recent history lesson is in order here.

Auburn and Arkansas will get together for the 25th time Saturday, with the Tigers leading the overall series (13-10-1) and games played in Fayetteville (6-4).

Arkansas struck early, making the Tigers’ 122nd ranked efficiency defense look every bit as shaky as it’s been the entirety of the 2015 season.

You know what the wiseguys call that? Are we supposed to pretend that matters?

Special Teams A: One poor punt by Kevin Phillips isn’t enough to dent Auburn’s special teams grade. “We just didn’t make a play at the end of the game”.

Two times, Arkansas’ fate came down to one play. Programs evolve. That’s how it works.

In overtime, it quickly became apparent that both defenses had pretty much run out of gas. As evident by that first-half TD drive when he hurdled a defender, Johnson is one heckuva athlete.

Robinson has six catches for 53 yards in five games this season, and is averaging 19.2 yards per kickoff return.

Well, amusing story how that turned out.

The Tigers and Razorbacks exchanged scores in the first three overtimes, with two of the Razorbacks’ scores coming on fourth down. If I’m Bruce Pearl, I’m calling this kid as soon as the football season ends.

“It really reminded me when I was a kid, watching Arkansas go into a bunch of seven-overtime games and pulling those out at the end”, Allen said. Might not have ever gone to overtime.

When Arkansas finally came through victorious, 54-46, in four overtimes, the school’s athletic director Jeff Long was emotional. No one hates to get benched and Johnson’s future at Auburn is uncertain, but he can make a play or two out of those situations that can be the difference in a game.

Arkansas had failed to score a point in three previous overtime losses under head coach Bret Bielema and quarterback Brandon Allen.

I respect Will Muschamp. His record as a defensive coordinator speaks for itself. After the game against the Giants (3-3), Romo will miss at least three more games.

Both teams exchanged touchdowns in the second and third overtimes and were also successful on the two-point conversion in the third. He played his butt off. We got this for him and he got it for us.