Arkansas Fight · Oct 4, 2020
Box Score Breakdown: Arkansas 21, Mississippi State 14
Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports If I were to tell you last Friday that Arkansas would have 275 yards of offense and Mississippi State would complete 43 passes, you’d probably think the Bulldogs won by 40. But looks can be deceiving.
Arkansas’ 21-14 win over State snapped a 20-game SEC losing streak that dated to October 2017 brought high praise for head coach Sam Pittman and defensive coordinator Barry Odom. Odom deserves the praise, and he made a lot of Week 1 overreactions look really bad.
First off, Mississippi State producing a “bandwagon” video and launching an entire campaign to build the fanbase after a Week 1 win had a very “Kenny Trill” feel to it.