Arkansas stuns Ole Miss in overtime after insane fourth down lateral
It’s safe to say this was not the Ole Miss-Arkansas matchup that most people expected. – Arkansas wide receiver Drew Morgan on the dramatic nature of his team’s win over Ole Miss.
They gave up more than 300 passing yards in two of their previous three games heading into Week 10, and now they’ll have to face LSU’s much-improved quarterback Brandon Harris and Mississippi State’s excellent quarterback Dak Prescott. The Razorbacks take back the lead for the first time in the half.
Arkansas is in this game because Allen is playing maybe the best game that he has played all season. “The answers just don’t completely add up”.
Prior to the wild overtime period, Arkansas almost won the game in regulation.
For Ole Miss, Kelly put up huge numbers too, hitting 24 of 34 passes for 367 yards and three touchdowns and running 11 times for 111 yards and three touchdowns. That loss and that injury seemed to suck the soul out of the Rebels’ season.
The Hogs defense forced overtime with a huge stop with under a minute to play.
Today’s Arkansas vs. Ole Miss 2015 game features number eighteen ranked Ole Miss sporting a 7-2 record. During Arkansas’ turn in overtime, the Razorbacks were forced into a fourth-and-25 after Marquis Haynes forced a fumble of Brandon Allen that the Razorbacks recovered.
Allen connected with Hunter Henry on a pass, who wildly flung the ball backward while being tackled and Collins picked up the ball on a bounce and ran for a first down to complete a 31-yard gain. LSU, fresh off a loss to the hands of an impressive Alabama team, awaits. That’s what created that play for Collins.
Ole Miss got the ball first in overtime and Chad Kelly scored his third rushing touchdown of the day to give Ole Miss the lead. Allen rushed to end the game. “All of that’s in the back of your mind”, Freeze said.
Jaylen Walton leads the Rebels’ ground game. His critics are sure to point to his past as a troublemaker and his present as a bit of a reckless gamer, but even his most ardent detractors can’t deny that he’s supremely talented and one of the few reasons that Ole Miss had some sort of chance at making this season a remarkable one. Cornerback Tony Bridges, however, blocked kicker Cole Hedlund’s attempt.
But that only saved the Rebels from disappointment for a short time. “I hurt for our kids, I hurt for our coaches, our fans and our administration”.
It was an empowering victory for the Razorbacks but a devastating loss for the Rebels, as they fall to 7-3 and no longer control their own destiny in the SEC West. “It is very hard and gut-wrenching”. “It’ll test everything about you”.