After the crowd cleared Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium and the coaches and players finished their press conferences, the media returned to the press box and collectively asked the same thing.
What the heck happened today?
Arkansas was the better team Saturday against Auburn, despite the 38-23 final score. The Razorbacks had more yards, a better third-down conversion percentage, more established drives. Just about everything went the Hogs’ way. Save big plays.
And officials. But that’s neither here nor there.
Arkansas’ statistics are accordingly stellar offensively and, frankly, they aren’t terrible defensively, especially considering the Razorbacks lacked three starters on that side of the ball.
So while we chew on what exactly did go wrong, here are Arkansas’ Players of the Game.