Arkansas tight end Hunter Henry blindly flipped Ole Miss' SEC championship hopes behind him, and they landed in the wrong hands, as far as the Rebels were concerned: those of Razorbacks running back Alex Collins.
Visiting Arkansas defeated the Rebels, 53-52, in overtime on Saturday, thanks to one of the most bizarre plays of the college season. On a desperation fourth-and-25 play in overtime, with the Rebels needing only a stop to win, Henry tossed a blind and very lucky lateral just before being tackled short of the first-down marker. Collins picked up the lateral on one bounce, and converted the first down on what became the game-winning drive:
The loss all but eliminates Ole Miss from contention in the SEC West, as the team falls behind both LSU and Alabama.
Arkansas quarterback Brandon Allen crossed the goal line for the game-winning score -- a two-point conversion that came only after a fourth-down facemask penalty gave the Razorbacks yet another unlikely chance to win in overtime. Allen completed 33 of 45 passes for 442 yards and six touchdowns, while Collins rushed 17 times for 108 yards.
Ole Miss' Laquon Treadwell, one of the top wide receivers in college football, caught seven passes for 132 yards and a touchdown.
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