Houston Nutt had his big homecoming to Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville on Saturday. He received a warm welcome from the 74,168 in attendance. I don't think I have ever heard a collective "Boo" as big as the one resonating out of the seats when Nutt took the field with his Rebels. The game was another heartbreaker for Arkansas. Several key mistakes in the game haunted the Razorbacks and eventually accounted for the deficit in the game.
D.J. Williams tearing out 41-yards after a catch. Williams had a career night with 10 catches for 129 yards.
Wide receiver Greg Childs goes up for an in-your-face catch in front of Nutty.
Michael Smith bounced back from the concussion he suffered a week earlier against Kentucky. Smith had 129 yards on the ground and 31 in the air against Ole Miss. He only needs 80 to break 1,000 for the season, there are still four games left.
Ole Miss took advantage of the Razorbacks' weakness in its secondary.
Lucas Miller caught a bullet at the back of the end zone from Casey Dick for a critical touchdown on fourth and seven.
After scoring once more with just over a minute in the game and the score at 23-21, the Hogs attempted an onside kick. Sophomore Aaron Fenton recovered the ball after it was bobbled by Ole Miss. The moment was HUGE and the stadium erupted. It was an amazing moment to witness. It's not very often you see a successful onside kick, especially in a big game like this that meant so much to both sides.
As fate would have it the Razorbacks couldn't move the ball down the field for a chance to win the game. The bitter pill came on first down when receiver London Crawford caught a deep pass from Casey Dick at the 20-yard line. The play would have given the Hogs a first down easily within field goal range and a couple of chances to get in the end zone. The play was called back on offensive pass interference. That was pretty much the ball game and most Arkansas fans are still pretty sore about the way the game ended. The call could have gone either way. The official closest to the supposed penalty when it happened didn't throw a flag. It almost seems like the officials have it out for the Razorbacks these days.
Arkansas faces Tulsa next and Gus Malzahn's No. 1 ranked offensive machine. The Golden Hurricane has scored 50 or more points in eight games this season. Yikes!
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Houston looked so calm, but he had to be feeling pretty anxious before the game started.
maybe he just received a text message from Donna Bragg. :)
Do the teams usually take the field at the exact same time? We were wondering if he planned it b/c fans can't boo and cheer at the same time... wonder how loud the booing could've been!
my take on it is he was trying to upstage Arkansas. he stood there and eyeballed them and waited to time the Rebels' entrance exactly with the Hogs.
He said that he took the field at the same time for exactly that reason, so he could limit the boos.
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