(guitar music)
- [Voiceover] It's a day to play the hogs, absolutely.
It's raining, it's messy, and it can't be
a better day to do this, and after a huge
road win last week, the Rebels return to the ball
to take on a balanced Arkansas team.
What will it take to win today?
- [Voiceover] Guys, the atmosphere is pretty
good in here tonight, gray, dreary.
Folks are fired up for a big ballgame
this afternoon with Ole Miss and Arkansas.
- Everybody knew what happened against them
last year, so always use that as motivation
and you know, determination to make sure that same thing
doesn't happen, and we also knew what was at stake
for us, meaning we know if we could win it out,
we'll have a chance to win the SEC West
cause we controlled our own destiny.
So, everybody knew what was at stake,
and everybody was ready to play.
- Going into the game, we knew what was at stake.
We knew how important this game was for us
to win the SEC West.
- There'll come a point where everybody's number one
arch enemy is fear and it'll come and it'll say,
oh, you just gave them a play, and it's at that moment
that you will decide if you will respond out of fear
or faith, and I know this, this football team has
fought too hard to put yourself in this position,
to put yourself in this position to be relevant
and we love each other too dang much
to respond out of anything but love
and faith for one another!
So take a darn stand!
Take a stand, one, two, three!
- Take a stand!
- [Voiceover] The first half of the 60-second
meeting between the Razorbacks and Rebels
was a clear indicator that this game
would be a see-saw affair.
For every punch landed, there would be
an equal shot in return.
- [Voiceover] Takes the snap and is
gonna fake it on the draw, wants to throw,
deep over the middleman, wide open,
caught at the five and diving into the end zone.
Touchdown, that's Drew Morgan!
Kelly wants to throw, steps out of the pocket.
He takes off running.
Can he get there?
He's at the 35, he's at the 30
and out of bounds at the 24-yard line
is Chad Kelly.
The handoff is to Walton on the left side.
He is gonna be in there!
Touchdown Ole Miss!
- [Voiceover] That's the way to answer that score
that Arkansas just put up on the Rebels.
- It didn't really didn't matter what the scoreboard says.
Go do your job, and our job is to make first downs,
and to go score points, and any time the opposing
team scored, you wanna go answer that call
every single time.
- (mumbles) down there.
- Way to run!
- [Voiceover] Razorbacks have it stacked in tight
again in I formation, here's a handoff,
working to the right, a fake on the handoff.
Now a through to the end zone.
Man wide open, touchdown!
That one, he faked me off.
- We were going back and forth, you know.
Our offense score, boom, we're back on the field.
Their offense score, boom, they're back on the field.
So, we were just going back and forth,
and both sides knew if one of their defenses
could get one stop that the offense was gonna score
and give them that seven-point lead
that they were looking for.
- [Voiceover] And the fake to Judd,
Kelly keeps it, runs right.
He's at the five, lowers his head.
Does he break the plane?
We're waiting.
The ball has come out.
They said, yes!
It's a touchdown, Ole Miss!
- [Voiceover] In a game with a margin for error,
shrinking with each possession, carrying a three-point
deficit into the locker room was something
Chad Kelly and company were determined to avoid.
- Being though we was kind of struggling there
for a little bit, like for the half,
they go down and kick this field goal,
and our offense, they do a good job
of driving down the field.
- We made a point
of emphasis at the time out, at the break
that hey, we got enough time on the clock
to go at least get him in field goal range,
try to make sure we have the sides,
catching the balls, get out of bounds,
being mindful of the clock.
- [Voiceover] One timeout left for Ole Miss.
Kelly over the middle, complete.
Treadwell nearing that 30-yard line, inside.
Can he get down or out of bounds?
Shoved out, one second showing.
- One second?
- One second, we got one second, we got one second.
- Owwwwwww!
- Hey (mumbles).
If that was Quincy, he'd a scored.
- We was going across the field.
I'm like, oh God, please get out of bounds.
Just fall down or something.
- And my first thought, get as much as you can
and get down cause the clock stopped
at the first down.
- Right away, this about Laquon having the mind
to even look up as he's running to make sure
he had enough time on the clock and gain
as many yards as he can and then get out
of bounds with one second,
and set us up for points right before halftime.
Great, great play by him.
- [Voiceover] Wunderlich gets off the 37 yarder,
and we are even at the half, tied 17.
A very quick field goal drive executed
so close to perfection.
One second up there.
- Like I told you all week man, don't fool yourself.
You get to November, the SEC West, every game
is a fist fight.
It is for 60 minutes, and you have to earn
everything that comes your way.
You have to earn it!
You will have to take a stand
and stare fear and choose faith
right in the face.
(rock music)
- [Voiceover] The second half would be a display
of offensive efficiency, as both teams
were able to score at will.
- [Voiceover] Far side, it's gonna be caught there.
(mumbles) breaks one tackle, sidesteps another man,
gets to the 10, still on his feet!
He takes it in!
Touchdown Ole Miss!
Hogs have it, left hash, 30-yard line,
9:20 to go, 3rd quarter, Ole Miss leads 24-17.
Play action, Allen throws deep and over the middle.
Got a man and is caught for a touchdown
between the scenes.
- Hey, ya'll good baby
Just keep playing.
- [Voiceover] Movement on the line.
This may be a free play.
Kelly down and near sidelines is Treadwell.
It's gonna be caught at the 10, and he's knocked
out of bounds at the 5-yard line.
Flag on the play.
- [Voiceover] Off sides, defense.
- [Voiceover] It is on the defense.
- [Voiceover] The Rebels trying to regain the lead.
There's the snap.
Kelly's gonna run right.
He heads to the goal line.
Does he break the plane?
He does!
Touchdown Ole Miss!
- [Voiceover] Back and forth we go
to begin the third quarter.
- [Voiceover] Hands it off to Collins.
Straight ahead.
Oh, he breaks, in the clear.
He's at the 15, the 10, trying to work
the middle of the five, knocked off his feet at the three.
- [Voiceover] Walker and Collins both in the backfield,
11th play of the drive, first and goal.
Walker takes it in.
Arkansas responds again.
- [Voiceover] After losing the advantage
in the third quarter, the Rebels entered
the final frame needing two things,
a game-tying touchdown and a defensive stop.
- [Voiceover] There's the snap, Kelly has
time in the pocket.
Deep, far side, got Treadwell.
Caught, he stretches across the plane.
Touchdown, Ole Miss!
- We knew one stop we could change
the game, and that was our mindset going after it.
- We needed that stop to get us going,
and once we got that stop, it kind of gave us
a little bit of momentum.
- [Voiceover] There's the snap.
Here comes pressure.
He looks to throw at an out route, incomplete.
He had him open but missed him.
- [Voiceover] Akeem Judd is in the backfield with him here.
Quick pass, near side, Adeboyejo catches it at the 14.
He's at 10, he's a the five, three, two, one!
Touchdown Ole Miss!
- [Voiceover] And Ole Miss is on top
with 4:55 in regulation.
(orchestra music)
- [Voiceover] True to the nature of the game,
the Razorbacks would work their way back
down the field, tying the game at 45 a piece.
With time winding down in regulation,
Arkansas' attempt to kick their way to victory
would be blocked, but the drama of this night
was truly yet to unfold.
- [Voiceover] The kick is blocked at the line of scrimmage.
It's blocked, loose on the ground,
and recovered at the 40 by the Razorbacks,
and we're going to overtime.
We're tied at 45 all.
- [Voiceover] Fake on the handoff.
Kelly, pumps, keeps, and runs.
He's at the five, he's at the two.
He's in the end zone!
Chad Kelly off the right side!
(mumbles) a little fake and ran it in for the score.
- (mumbles).
(audience screams)
- [Voiceover] Two incomplete passes
and a strip sack by Marquis Haynes
would place the game on a long fourth-down conversion.
- [Voiceover] Fourth down and 25 for the Razorbacks.
Last chance for the hogs.
They gotta get to the 15-yard line.
Swings it nearside, it's gonna be Henry.
Caught at the 25, but he's tackled,
flips it back up in the air.
It's loose and falling on the ground.
Picked up by Collins.
Collins trying to run the far side.
He's to the 30, to the 25.
Can the Rebels get him on the ground?
He's gonna have the first down dropped at the 10.
- They threw it to their tight end, 84, and Tony Bridges
had him wrapped up.
- You know the first thought is that, hey man,
we tackle him short of the first down.
He's about to go down and the game is gonna end
and he lateraled the ball backwards and...
- [Voiceover] And somehow, he threw it out of his hands
and it landed directly in the best player's hands,
their running back, and it just like it was planned.
They had a wall set up for him.
- [Voiceover] And, I see the running back pick it up,
and I was just hoping someone cut him off,
but we had to try to keep our composure
to keep fighting.
- [Voiceover] The Razorbacks with a miracle
play to keep this game alive.
Play action, to throw, Allen toward the end zone.
The pass is caught, touchdown.
- [Voiceover] Arkansas had done the unthinkable.
Feeling as though fate was on their side,
the Razorbacks would line up for the two-point
conversion and the win.
- [Voiceover] He brings Morgan in motion.
There's the snap, fakes the pitch.
He's gonna run himself and he is hit
as he breaks the plane, and the Razorbacks have won it.
Two-point conversion for the quarterback,
Brandon Allen, and Arkansas wins 53-52,
and they're running all over the field.
(solemn music)
- Love will get us through it men.
I'm gonna tell you, that's a tough one.
You stay together.
You remember, you remember what the important
qualities are during difficult times.
Some of you played your hearts out tonight, men.
You played your guts out and you fought,
and it didn't go our way, and I don't understand,
and it stinks, and it hurts.
You're a good football team.
You believe it.
- Ya'll played real hard tonight.
Let's go baby!
Come back tomorrow with the same attitude!
It's never over!
Young guys, this a lesson!
This a lesson where you wanna be at!
(solemn music)
- [Voiceover] Alright coach, start us off (mumbles).
- Extremely difficult to look those young men
in the eyes in there.
It's a difficult way to end the game,
and I hurt for our kids, hurt for our coaches,
hurt for our fans and our administration.
You put so much into this deal,
and you lose games that come down to the wire
like we did tonight.
It's just, there's no way around it.
It's very difficult and gut wrenching
and will test everything about you.
- You know, it may seem a little dense
right now coming off a loss like that,
but the only difference is now, we don't control
our own destiny.
We kind of need a little bit of help.
- If we go out and compete well, still have
the opportunity to go win 10 or more games this season.
So, it's a lot to play for, and I think our kids
realize that and having the off-week to get
our guys back healed up and refocused again
is gonna be critical going into this battle with LSU.
- We still got everything we want right in front of us.
You know, of course we're gonna need a little help,
but we can only control what we can control.
We gotta go out and make sure we win these last
two games and make a statement, and hopefully
things fall our way, and hopefully it'll work out for us
at the end of the season.