TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The football gods must have felt that Saturday night’s Louisiana State-Alabama game was not quite historic enough in its magnitude. In the late afternoon, the rain that had threatened to flood the area halted, and an hour before kickoff, any likely possibility that the winner would not be competing for a playoff spot in December was eliminated.
They work in mysterious ways, the football gods — in this case by conjuring Arkansas’ wild 53-52 overtime victory against Mississippi. On fourth-and-25 in overtime, Arkansas’ Brandon Allen completed a pass to Hunter Henry, who flung the ball backward, and Alex Collins picked it up on the bounce and ran it for a 31-yard gain.