AUBURN, Ala. — Someone in the SEC office assigned Arkansas the two SEC East powerhouses in August.
Adding Georgia and Florida to what was already a brutal schedule was a tough break for Arkansas coach Sam Pittman.
That wasn’t as bad as what happened to the first-year Arkansas coach at Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturday. A backward pass by Auburn quarterback Bo Nix — ruled an intentional grounding penalty — should have been a game-clinching turnover.
Ultimately, referee Jason Autrey said on the loud speaker that his call “stands” after the five-minute video review that probably was bounced all the way to the SEC home office in Birmingham.