FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.— The forecast for Saturday’s game called for some cold temperatures and Sam Pittman said in his Monday press conference “the colder, the better”. Pittman would get his wish. By game time it was at or below freezing and continued to drop as the game progressed. It might have been subfreezing temperatures, but the Hogs came out on fire. And with Hogs this hot, who cares how cold it is?
Arkansas’s defense was the first to take the field. They gave Ole Miss 13-yards before Jaxon Dart would fumble the ball close to mid-field. The Hogs did not immediately capitalize on the turnover, as the offense went on what is starting to seem like a gamely tradition 3 and out on their first drive, but the Hogs would score two touchdowns in the 1st quarter.