We perhaps should have seen all this coming.
I'm not talking about Nebraska's loss Monday night. I'm not talking about the bullpen failing late.
I'm talking about the rise.
Arkansas baseball coach Dave Van Horn looked painfully nervous in the dugout against his former school. Maybe he knew Nebraska would be an absolute bear to subdue.
"I don't like playing Nebraska," he told reporters. "I don't even want to schedule them."
But did Van Horn really envision NU pushing his top-ranked Arkansas outfit to the limit in front of all those Kentucky-fried folks doing the hog call and whatever else they do in Baum Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas?