Well, that was fun.
For the second straight year, Arkansas and Mississippi State got into a wild shootout. This time, though, Arkansas did everything right on offense on a 58-42 win. The Hogs’ 663 yards and 58 points are school records for SEC games in regulation.
An interesting statistic comes with the win: in its last 15 SEC games as an underdog (dating to November 2014), Arkansas is 9-6 straight-up. Take that, Vegas.
There are, obviously, still major questions about the defense, which surrendered 533 yards and 42 points to a team that will likely finish last in the SEC West (which isn’t really that bad, given how loaded the West is).