"That's what you get up every day to do, to dominate the people that you have to compete against and play against."
-- Nick Saban, Jan. 4, 2007
Three close calls
• There have been three close games during Arkansas’ nine-game losing streak to Nick Saban-coached Alabama teams.
Coach Houston Nutt’s Razorbacks rallied from a 31-10 deficit with four consecutive touchdowns behind Darren McFadden’s 195 rushing yards to take a 38-31 lead with 8:08 remaining. Leigh Tiffin, the goat of Alabama’s 24-23 double-overtime loss in Fayetteville the previous season, made a 42-yard field goal to make it 38-34 with 4:20 remaining.