Arkansas 31, LSU 30
November 28, 2008 at 5:46pm by TipsterHog
Filed under Arkansas Razorbacks, Football, Recap
ArkansasRazorbacks.com: Dick leads Hog rally past LSU, 31-30
Casey Dick threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to London Crawford on fourth-and-1 with 22 seconds remaining to give Arkansas a 31-30 victory over LSU on Friday night.
Also:
- ArkansasRazorbacks.com: Game Stats, Post-game Notes, Post-game Quotes, Hogs rally to down LSU, retain The Boot (Video)
- ESPN.com: Arkansas wins finale as last-minute TD beats LSU
- ArkansasSports360.com: Dick, Crawford Lead Razorback Rally Against LSU, Harris: Do You Believe in Miracles?
- YouTube (Video): Arkansas vs. LSU Highlights, Casey Dick on Comeback Win
RazorBloggers Network
- HogBlogger: The End Of The Start
Razorback Central
- Alex Abrams: Another Miracle
- Robbie Neiswanger: Dick’s Career Ends in Dramatic Fashion, Arkansas Defense Stands Tall in Finale
- Harry King: Casey to Crawford carries UA
WholeHogSports.com
- Tom Murphy: Markham Miracle redux
- Bob Holt: Reunion created by sacks, Instant replay
- Rob Keys: Fantastic finish
- Marty Cook: Johnson’s runs get Hogs started
- Chris Givens: Miles ’sick’ over defensive lapses
- Wally Hall: With one pass, Casey Dick goes out a winner
- Nate Allen: Another Markham miracle
- Heath Allen: UA defense bends, but eventually breaks down LSU
- Terry Wood: Victory adds hint of redemption to Hogs’ season
Other Sites and Blogs
- New Orleans Times-Picayune: Foiled Finale, DeShazier: Jefferson could be QB LSU looking for
- The Shreveport Times: Arkansas gets ‘Miracle on Markham No. 2′, Penalties by LSU help Hogs, Guilbeau: LSU on verge of the blues
Updated 11/29/08 9:30 a.m.
Good win… just like a lot of the games this year – very close game that could have gone either way. A few small changes and we could have been 8-4 this year…. or 2-10 (yikes)!
Awesome way to win! Good job guys.
Great Win!!! Loved to see Casey go out on a positive note. He’s certainly been throught the ringer the last four years. Too bad we didn’t realize Dennis Johnson is such a good third down back earlier in the year. A couple of the L could’ve possibly been turned to W’s if we had. Anyway…….. Go Hogs..Can’t wait til next year!!!!!!
Amen, until next year!
Just curious: Has there ever been a college football game where two brothers threw TD passes for the same team in the same game?
Wow, you beat LSU, Auburn, a then top 25 Tulsa and win your two gimmes and don’t go to a bowl game. Oh well, it was great to beat LSU. I really saw a lot of progress with the offense. By the end of the year, a lot of kids were coming in and making plays, Childs, Salter, Crawford, Johnson, Wright, two different quarterbacks having sucess. I really like the coaching on the Offensive side of the ball. I think with such little time Petrino had to put a staff together and as much as he wants to succeed, we will have some turnover, but that is the case with any team.
Looking forward to seeing his recruiting class now that he has had a full season to recruit.
I know others disagree, I just didn’t feel like we made that much progress on defense.
What an awesome ending!! Casey Dick just stepped up and and gave the finger to everybody who ever said a bad word about his quarterbacking skills. Couldn’t have asked for a better way to close out his football career. London Crawford finally pulled in a big one! Great final game on a less than avaerage year. Congrats Hogs job well done.
This is big for the program. The defense came up big when they needed a stop, even if they do still have a long way to go, but I thought they showed a lot of heart when it counted.
I really feel good for Casey. He needed that throw more than anything, to top off a 4 year career of alway’s changing, but never complaining.
Congrats Casey, you deserve it!
Petrino has showed us the skill he has as an offensive mind machine this year, but this is only the beginning.
I still don’t think next season will be the big coming out party were all looking for, but I do think we may be good enough to win 6 or 7, be very competitive in all of our games, and make it to a bowl.
I realize that doesn’t sound near fantsy enough for a lot of folks, but we already had to face reality this year with a 5-6 record, when there were a lot of us trying to convince themselves that we were actually better than that.
The fact that Mallett will be eligable next season, means absolutely nothing.
Or could it? Knowone really know’s the answer to that. It’s just one more super-high exspectation most fans will try their best to promote.
Next season will have it’s share of ups and downs. Make no mistake about that, but I fully exspect this program to evolve to the powerhouse we think it can be in the following year or two.
I just hope some of you guys are willing to wait that long, because if you can, there’s a lot of people in Mississippi that’ll be wearing egg on the face around that time, not to mention a few national sports collumnist, talking smack these past few days.
GO HOGS!!!!!
“…not to mention a few national sports collumnist, talking smack these past few days.”
Like Huguenin?
I think his last name was Saller. I don’t even have a clue who Huguenin is, much less what he said.
Huguenin is the Rivals.com College football Editor and this is what he said:
“Houston Nutt: His Ole Miss team blasted archrival Mississippi State in the Egg Bowl to finish off an 8-4 regular season. The Rebels, who appear headed to the Cotton Bowl, finished second in the SEC West a season after going winless in the SEC. Nutt usually doesn’t get the notice he deserves, but if you don’t respect the job he has done this season, you don’t know anything about college football. Let’s put it this way: If he still were at his old job, Arkansas wouldn’t have gone 5-7 this season.”
What did Saller say?
I think he said pretty much the same thing, about Houston Nutt not going 5-7 at the UofA this year.
All have to say about that is this; if those guys really believe that kind of comparison is valid, then they really don’t have very much college football knowledge at all.
Ole Miss’s Talent and exsperience level is far and above what the Hogs have this season, and Nutt has done absolutely the same thing there that he did here in ‘98.
Knowone is saying Ole Nutty doesn’t do a respectable job of coaching someone elses talent. He has definately proven that, and I don’t need someone that writes stories for a living to explain that to me either.
If you want to buy into that garbage, rather than do your own thinking, be my guest, but if you really want a true comparison of what Nutt and Petrino have to offer as coaches, then the true tale will come about in about 2 years, when both coaches are playing with their own players.
This isn’t about just bashing some guy I can’t stand. It’s about knowing the difference between fact vs. fiction. How in the world could you compare that any other way?
That would be like saying Petrino is a quitter, coward, and a back-stabber, just because all the ESPN pundits said so, wouldn’t it?
Great win. It feels good to go out on a high. W’s and L’s aside, it was good to have a coach that knows how to act with a microphone in front of him. Also, with Green transferring, it looks as though our backfield will grow by 9-10 inches over the next two years.
Hey, at least Bobby one his last game this year… something we hadn’t done in years. Are we a better team than 5-7, maybe. But right now, I’d take the 5-7 with Bobby vs. what we had the last 2 years.
I’m bet that we are 8-4 next year and somebody else might be 4-8! We’ll see how things progress.
“… but if you don’t respect the job he has done this season, you don’t know anything about college football. ”
Yeah, that comment made me laugh out loud. And this schmuck gets paid for this crap.
8-4 vs 4-8…I’d love to see that! ;^)
If Nutt were still the coach, the hogs would not have went 5-7. We would have been 2-10.
I have no beef with Nutt. I think he will follow the likes of Sutton, Holtz, Hatfield, and even Nolan to some extent. We have forgiven worse in the past, but this idiot who says we’d have been better off with Nutt is insane. Didn’t he go 4-7 with McFadden and Felix. I agree that you can only really evaluate this after a couple of years.
I just know that it felt good to see us have a coach who wasn’t afraid to make a ballsy call on 4th and 1 and I couldn’t be happier for Casey Dick. I took note in the first half that he was standing right beside Bobby P. with his helmet on as Nathan was getting instructions. It struck me what a classy kid he is that when he gets benched for what is effectively the rest of his career he is still totally engaged and in to the game. In the end he got what he deserved. Do you think LSU is ready for him to graduate?
Yes, defense wins championships, as well as I believe a team needs an outstanding offensive line. The coaching staff is trying to rectify the defense. I am concerned regarding the offense line next year, but perhaps we have offense line players who have been trained this year in preparation for next year. I do not know how good our offensive line asst. coach is because I have the impression that he sure took a while to get any resemblence of an offense inside the red zone is too many big games. Red zone is where the rubber meets the road and the offensive line and defensive line earns their keep. Petrino was filmed on TV today as saying that his staff will stay intact, but QB coach is being considered for a job as HC. I encourage fans to not put too much pressure for Petrino to have a winning season next year because I am not sure that will be the case with the losses on the offensive line. We need to anticipate a winning season, but also should be realistic that it can take longer to change systems. In fact, if one can believe what was printed as a quote from Luigs, the LSU game could have been lost if Luigs had not told Casey who was calling a time out (with no time outs left) that it was fourth down. My hero of the game is Luigs for calling that to the QBs attention in the heat of the game with time running out. UofA could have been 8-4 and they could have easily been 0-10. With the talent they had coming back this year, they should have been 8-4 at least, but with the change in systems, there is a learning curve whenever people such as Luigs struggles early on with the changes. After all, as TE Williams was quoted as saying, “These coaches are no fun.” That apparently was what other players were feeling…no love. I do not know if they are fun or not, but I do know that Petrino is boring on his coaches show, as was also pointed out to me from 1,000 miles away where they get his program. They entered the year with an outstanding offensive line and that is another key to winning games. I was concerned when Petrino was hired because press seemed to write his career up as a pass, pass scheme, but he has repeatedly knocked that down in his comments and how he has used Smith, and he did use an excellent RB at Louisville. I was surprised that RB Burnett did not come to the front. As far as Johnson just being discovered at the end of the season, I do not see it that way because he is a freshman with studies and a new environment, just like Felix and Darren, as freshmen. Very few players come to the front immediately. Not sure who will win out as QB next year but if one believes the stars, one would expect Mallet to do so, with perhaps some spot duty for a couple of others in certain situations.
What does anyone know of our prospects on the offensive line for the 2009-2010 season? That will also be a huge key.
With Auburn head coaching job opening up today, I wondered who they will try to hire. Petrono is a big time name. They apparently tried to hire Petrino under cover of darkness several years ago. I cannot see Petrino wanting the Auburn job since he and his family seem well adjusted and settled into a nice area. Also, I have wondered whether Univ. of Washington would come calling and wondered whether Petrino, being from a state just across the skinny part of Idaho, would be interested. And the Univ. of Washington is a diamond in the rough for a good coach. I am still not convinced that ND will keep Weis and wondered whether Petrino would consider that plumb. ND is one of those teams that the national press loves and seems to always favor. I still believe that Petrono is settled in and would not want to move at this time in particular. The U of A is certainly looking under all the rocks to find cash to run a big time sports program, and I would not be surprised if they do not do as Univ. of Texas who even puts a dollar amount on the lowest priced tickets (they demand $150 contribution for even the tickets at the low end of the line). They do need bigger bucks to compete at the top…year in and year out. However, according to the press sounds like Long is only going for bigger bucks from ones between the 40’s. Of course that could just be an initial plan for this year. We shall see. However, more bucks are likely needed in the current environment of big-time college programs. I see no drop off coming in the big contracts that successful head coaches are demanding and getting. Apparently, not too many great coaches are available at any given time, as witnessed by two big time programs lining up unproven assistant coaches to run their program either next year or for the future, such as Univ. of Tenn. and Univ. of Texas. It should be an interesting 2009-2010 season. Year in and year our Texas Tech has had problems recruiting to the big plains, but Leach with his system has turned that around and it will be interesting to see if they hold on to him. He has had problems recruiting a big time running back because RBs have erroneously seen him as not using a great back. Having seen some of his games, it appears, like Petrono, he does use backs more than some believe.
I wouldn’t sweat the O-Line, Defense. We currently have 8 of the ten man two-deep returning and that doesn’t count Mitch Petrus who had to sit out the year for academic reasons. He was penciled in as a starting guard before the season and upon his return will provide not only experience and stability but much needed leadership for the unit.
The one position I’m concerned with is center. You don’t lose a player of Luigs’ caliber and just continue on at the same high level. I have to believe though that the staff took pains to see that Seth Oxner (the likely successor to Luigs) is well prepared.
We have several excellent prospects coming in (or present): Austin Eoff, Kareem Crowell, Matt Hall, Colby Berna, and Oden. All in all, I’m optimistic for the O-Line next year. Now about the D-Line…;^)
I can honestly say i’m pretty optimistic about the D-Line Hawgfan.
Mitchell is gone, but Stadther filled in nicely for a Fresh., and according to some of Petrino’s comments, R.S. fresh Alfred Davis seemed to be more than the O-Line could handle at times, playing on the scout team.
Davis is listed as a NG. Isn’t Luigs the guy that lines up across from him?
Askew looks like he’s going to be a playmaker. He’s real aggresive and quik, already weighs in at over 280 lbs., and will only get bigger, stronger, and smarter next season.
Malcolm Sheperd is pretty good, but a little undersized as a 277 lb. JR. DT. I noticed Petrino mentioned him too, when exsplaining that the Hogs needed to get stronger.
Adrian Davis could be a terror at the DE position, if he could stay healthy. He is small at that position at only 6′ 4″, 238 lbs., but has plenty of room to get bigger.
I would love to see this kid beef up to the 250 to 255 range next season.
Robert Thomas is also a kid I fully exspect to blossom. Since size and depth are the biggest concerns with the D-Line, Thomas could easily figure in to the rotation. He was rated as a 2-star DT out of HS, but so was Stadther, and so was incoming Fresh. Anthony Oden. Oden is now rated a 4-star O-Linemen, after 1 full season at a military post graduate school.
Fans can get lost in star ratings, as I do at times, but it doesn’t always tell the tale.
I trust this coaching staff and their ability to discover hidden talent. I can’t remember his name, but along with Thomas, there’s another 2-star DT from Florida, who’s supposed to be signing with the Hogs in Feb. Both of these kids are in the 285-300 lb. range, and run 40 times of 4.9 sec. They may not have the stats that other big name recruits have, but they definately have the tools. I think both of these kids, along with Oden, started playing football late in school.
And there you go, Defense, even more reassurance. You can take those comments to the bank; Gonzo usually knows what he’s talkin’ about. ;^)
What we as fans have to guard against is jacking our expectations up too much. I said before this past season that I’d be happy with a 6-6 record and but for a few miscues (and one notable instance of poor officiating) we could have had that and perhaps more. Next year I’m looking for 8 wins and a bowl; good steady progress. Anything more than that will be gravy.
Very good. I sure hope so. Seems that the rumor mill in Alabama is running overtime for Petrino to move to AU but that is ridiculous. Who would want that political cesspool? And besides apparently there are excellent protective clauses in Petrino’s contract, such as not going to another SEC Western Div. school, etc. The chatter reported on an Arkansas sports program is that “just fan chatter” involving their wish list. If I were looking for a HC today, I would interview Turner Gill as my very first consideration. For his having turned around the worst football program in the country to a winner is remarkable. He turned around a program that has never know success. Another rumor reported was that Malzahn was going to Univ. of Miami as OC. Could be. We shall see. It appeared that Miami was on the rise this year. Talent is certainly down there.
I heard that Mike Leach of Texas Tech was also in the rumor mill as an Auburn HC possibility.
Rumor also has it that Leach is very interested in the Washington HC position, and that he has already spoken with university officials about the job.
That would possibly be a good fit for Leach, with his wide open,west coast style offense.
Personally, I think Tubby is getting a pretty raw deal at AU, since he’s already proven he can coach a championship caliber team, and he has beaten ‘Bama on a regular basis.
The word in the plainsmen country was that several of Tubby’s assistant coaches were either travling to visit with recruits, or they were actually in the recruits home when they found out they were no longer employed by Auburn.
One of the coaches found out from a recruits HC he was visiting with, and one of the coaches sons was in a class, (at Auburn) when one of his friends told him he thought his dad got fired.
Now that’s some real classy stuff right there, if that actually turns out to be true.
I agree with you Defense. Who would want to go to work for that?
The radio station that had 2 of the assistant coaches wives call in were absolutely beside themselves.
I think the lack of respect Auburn officials showed their families was the most alarming thing.