FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — It’s a good bet Arkansas didn’t play on playing a horrific homecoming game Saturday against Mississippi State, but that’s exactly what happened.
The net result of one of the worst games in recent memory (and that’s on both sides of the ball, by the way), the Razorbacks lost to the Bulldogs, 7-3, in a game that was just as ugly as the score indicates.
Cam Little had a field goal on the Hogs’ first possession and Mississippi State got a touchdown later, but the rest of this one was as bad as anything seen around here in a time everyone had hoped disappeared.
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It’s been rumored all week Mississippi State quarterback Will Rogers wouldn’t be able to go in today’s game against Arkansas. That’s turned out to be the case with senior transfer Mike Wright taking all the first team snaps in warmups. Rogers is nowhere to be found.
The Razorbacks’ Sam Pittman and players have talked all week about “hoping” to get a win and break a five-game losing streak as they come back home for the first time in over a month. Nobody wants to remember the last time they were playing at Razorback Stadium.
It’s a Chamber of Commerce type day in Northwest Arkansas with virtually no wind, a lot of sunshine and very moderate temperatures. We’ll have the running summary of scoring and big plays here with postgame video and coverage later.
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LIVE BLOG
1Q 12:30: Alfahiym Walcott picks off Wright’s pass on the second play of the game and the Hogs couldn’t do a whole lot with that gift. KJ Jefferson did find Ty Washington for a 19-yard gain, but again the offense stalled inside the 10-yard line. Cam Little comes on for a 24-yard field goal and an early lead and confidence in the defense. Hogs 3, Bulldogs 0
2Q 13:03: Uh-oh, That may be very premature, coming at the start of the second quarter, but Wright engineering a 69-yard drive in nine plays and 4:32 of the clock to score on a 2-yard pass to Jo’Quavious Marks. Wright has 45 yards rushing and the Hogs are struggling to keep him contained. Bulldogs 7, Hogs 3
3Q 4:03: An interesting sequence of events. The Hogs drive down before getting stopped and Little comes on for a field goal, but they can’t get everything decided in time and end up with a delay penalty. Max Fletcher came in to deliver a punt that backed Mississippi State to the 3. Either Pittman has more confidence in the defense or thinks they can play a field position game. We’ll see, but put that one in the memory bank.
4Q 1:14: Normally this wouldn’t be a mention, but Mississippi State misses a Kyle Ferrie 29-yard field goal bad left. Bulldogs 7, Hogs 3
