FAYETTEVILLE, (Ar.) — Arkansas went into tonight’s game coming off its biggest offensive performance of the year against Kentucky. All seemed to be clicking at the right moment offensively and then the Hogs got some even better news. Rumors swirled around social media as the week progressed that pre-season all-SEC selection and former 247Sports No. 1 recruit Nick Smith Jr would be back for the game against Mississippi State.
Unfortunately, Arkansas’s newfound success on offense even with Nick Smith Jr was short-lived. Mississippi State’s defense is one of the best in the SEC, if not the country, and showed why tonight.