A friend had called this week the biggest game of the Les Miles Era in the last few days, and I couldn't help but agree. Losing to Alabama is one thing, but to let them beat you twice, two years in a row, would be a bad sign of dangerous regression.
I'll quote Poseur:
You can lose to Arkansas. It happens. But LSU got its doors absolutely blown off by Arkansas, and not even a particularly great Arkansas team.
And while it's unfair to just chalk this game up to an Arkansas hangover, when Sebastian Tretola stomps on the Tiger Eye at midfield, and the Razorbacks refuse pre-game handshakes, it's pretty clear this game means more to them than it does LSU.