There are two basic ways to face the last few games of a lost season. You can either give into the frustration, and completely meltdown, as more and more players and coaches check out of the year and make personal business decisions. Or you can lean into the skid, and take this as a chance for those young kids to form the building block of next season.
LSU decided to choose both.
LSU struggled on the game’s opening, then gave up a big punt return to set Arkansas up with a terrific field position. Following that, LSU fell for one of the most obvious trick plays in history, and it looked like this was going to be one of those dismal games in which LSU decides to implode.