Ole Miss and Arkansas combined for 61 first downs, 1,287 yards, 103 points and one insane finish on Saturday as the No. 17 Rebels escaped with a 52-51 over the visiting No. 17 Razorbacks. The wild game ended with Arkansas quarterback K.J. Jefferson firing an incompletion on a two-point conversion attempt with no time left on the clock.
Even then it wasn’t clear that the game was truly over, as a penalty flag temporarily halted the Ole Miss celebration. The penalty was on Arkansas, however, which allowed the Rebels to resume their celebration. A week after his now-infamous “get your popcorn ready” remark before his team’s loss to No. 1 Alabama, Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin told ESPN after the game, “finally, we can go have some popcorn.”
WHAT A FINISH IN OXFORD!
Arkansas went for the win, but fell just short on the 2-point conversion at Ole Miss.
52-51 final. Wow. pic.twitter.com/2hAn3rGRvU
— ESPN (@espn) October 9, 2021
“game of the year”
– me, after watching the Ole Miss/Arkansas ending“game of the year”
– me, three minutes later, watching the Oklahoma/Texas ending— Trevor Sikkema (@TampaBayTre) October 9, 2021