Texas A&M Football: News and notes around the SEC in Week 9
3. Arkansas picks up its first SEC win of the season
It almost didn’t happen – it required coming back from being down double digits at halftime, and a Connor Limpert field goal as time expired, but the Arkansas Razorbacks finally have a conference win.
It’s probably too little too late for the season, however; with four games to go including a game at LSU and home against the red-hot Mississippi State Bulldogs, the Razorbacks will finish the season with a sub-.500 conference record, and probably a sub-.500 overall record as well.
There’s no such thing as a moral victory in football, but at least the Razorbacks can say they won a conference game.
The Arkansas win is impressive given that backup quarterback Cole Kelley was making just his third career start. The 6-foot-7 giant is more likely to come in and run the ball for short gains on 3rd and short than he is to sit in the pocket and throw like a true quarterback, but he got the job done.
Again, that says something about the level of SEC football this season.
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Ole Miss, in their first game without starting quarterback Shea Patterson, took a 31-21 lead into halftime but only managed six points on two field goals through the rest of the game.
The Razorback defense really stepped up in the second half, even getting a scoop and score from Kevin Richardson II off a bobbled handoff from Rebel quarterback Jordan Ta’amu.