FAYETTEVILLE — The final score indicated a blowout, but Arkansas vs LSU was a tight game until midway through the third quarter Saturday night.
A 51-yard field goal by Matthew Shipley to open the second half pulled the Razorbacks within 16-10 and they followed it up by forcing the Tigers’ first punt of the game. Isaiah Sategna fair caught it at the 14, setting Arkansas up with a chance to take its first lead.
It was all going according to the plan head coach Sam Pittman laid out at halftime — until disaster struck.
“It kind of was working out that way, but we missed an outside rusher that we should’ve blocked, then threw the ball, got tipped up,” Pittman recalled.