Take real life into consideration, with Arkansas’ and Auburn’s disappointing starts, and a loss to Auburn would have been near-catastrophic.
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The 54-46 quadruple-overtime win over Auburn was more than just a big win, it was Arkansas doing something it hadn’t done before and taking a big step in the growth of the program. 500 for the first time since 2012.
Tailback Peyton Barber rushed for 118 yards and four touchdowns, three in overtime, for Auburn (4-3, 1-3), which had won two straight in the series.
The two offenses proved very entertaining in the overtime periods. Arkansas’ passing defense ranks 96 in the nation; while its secondary played well against Alabama in the first half, two second half touchdown passes for the Tide sealed the deal.
Wide receiver Melvin Ray was disappointed the wideouts didn’t do more to help their quarterback. That’s just something we can’t do.
Through the early struggles, White maintained his composure.
Gus Malzahn earned his reputation as a football coach while patrolling the fields of Arkansas high schools for 15 years.
Kicker Cole Hedlund connected on a 25-yard field goal with 1:03 to go to put the Hogs up 24-1. Defensively, Arkansas is allowing 23.2 points and 365.3 yards per game.
“The last couple weeks have been tough for me”, said Walker.
“We need to play better and we need to get more production”, Muschamp said. The quarterback hit Louis for gains of 20 and 28 yards on two of the next three plays to set up a 41-yard field goal from Daniel Carlson which tied the game and ultimately sent it to overtime.
“I was like, ‘Hey, maybe we should throw an out route on this freshman, see if he can tackle me, ‘” Morgan said, alluding to Auburn corner Carlton Davis.
Receiver Ricardo Louis has 26 catches for 347 yards and a touchdown, along with 12 carries for 56 yards and a rushing touchdown. “I’m proud of how resilient we were”.
Damn, I love Alex Collins. I think the razorbacks win but take the points with the Tigers. “When Rawleigh went down I knew I had to step up”. Once again, the Hogs were faced with a situation where they had not a single healthy running back, and they had to turn to the most beleaguered player on the Razorbacks team: Brandon Allen.
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The loss dropped the Tigers to last place in the SEC West after they were picked to win the conference at SEC Media Days, and Auburn is only now headed into the meat of their schedule.
