With 7:21 to play in the third quarter, the University of Arkansas fans seemed to outnumber Colorado State fans, many of whom already had gone to the library.
That’s the saying around Fort Collins when the fans bail early.
The Razorback fans, who perhaps sensed this might be their bowl game, were loud and proud.
Arkansas had just taken a 27-9 lead and Cole Kelley, at that moment, seemed to have a hot hand off the bench, much like Ty Storey did in the season-opening win against Eastern Illinois.
In the Razorbacks’ first two possessions of the sec-nd half, Kelley had thrown touchdown passes of 25 yards to La’Michael Pettway and 64 yards to T.