Early games in general have been rough on the Hogs, as they entered Saturday’s game just 8-13 in games played before October 20 during Bielema’s previous three seasons.
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“All I know is he got a penalty”, he said. On the very next play, Hatcher hit Allen on a wide-receiver reverse pass for the game-tying two-point conversion to tie the game up at 28.
Turpin sparked the Horned Frogs on special teams and in the passing game, and his blinding speed on back-to-back plays thrust the Horned Frogs deep into Arkansas territory before Kyle Hicks walked in for his second touchdown of the game to help TCU secure a one-point lead.
You feel like you gave one away. “They never, I don’t think, at a moment ever thought that game was anything but going to be who performed the best in the most critical moments”.
Allen threw three touchdowns passes, including a 19-yarder to Jeremy Sprinkle to start overtime.
“Austin has wheels and we wanted him to showcase”, Bielema joked on the telecast. “For college football, this is everything you could ask for”. TCU then capitalized on a missed 22-yard field-goal attempt with a one-yard touchdown run by Hill to punctuate a rapid-fire drive that spanned 80 yards in just under two minutes.
The teams traded touchdowns in the first overtime, but the Frogs’ second possession stalled and required a field goal, leaving the door open for Arkansas to win with Allen’s touchdown. Allen would make sure that didn’t stand as the final score. He complete 17-29 passes for 223 yards, three touchdowns, and zero interceptions. “I think it’s because of the scars of the past that they’re just exhausted of dealing with those types of situations”.
The 5-foot-9, 153-pound speedster had 295 all-purpose yards, including 126 receiving.
After another Arkansas punt, Turpin returned the Razorback 34 yards all the way to midfield.
TCU went on to score 21-straight points after the missed field goal to take a 28-20 lead, but the Hogs roared right back to tie the game in the final minutes.
Arkansas also has a tailback in Rawleigh Williams III who rushed for 137 yards, big linemen on both sides of the ball and a chance to be that team that can challenge the Crimson Tide down the road.
The Horned Frogs ultimately pulled out a 59-41 triumph against South Dakota State last Saturday.
For the Horned Frogs, the recipe remains simple: Let Kenny Hill do his thing at the controls. Arkansas wasn’t getting any Top 25 votes going in, so a surge into the rankings appears unlikely. TCU’s Gary Patterson squared off against Arkansas’ Bret Bielema once previously as coaches when the Horned Frogs beat Wisconsin 21-19 in the Rose Bowl on January 1, 2011. The per-carry average for the offense was 4.2 yards, significantly higher than the 2.7 from the opener. Arkansas will have a breather against Texas State next weekend, with Texas A&M to follow. Sep.
Hurts is the first true freshman quarterback to start at Alabama since Vince Sutton started four games in 1984.
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The Cougars managed to regroup coming out of halftime and make a serious run at the win before ultimately falling just short.
