Long after this season has been entered into the record books, the overtime victory over Ole Miss will be remembered and discussed.
Divine swine intervention.
In years to come, the hearty crowd of Arkansas fans in attendance at Oxford, Miss., will grow to be legions who saw The Lateral and, by the way, Hunter Henry's lateral was not luck.
That was brilliant.
It doesn't always work, but there was absolutely nothing to lose at that point. It was fourth down, in overtime, Henry was far short of the first down and the majority of the people watching, in person or on television, including the Ole Miss coaching staff, thought the Rebels had survived.
Henry was tied up, and the only place he was going was down, so he made a Hail Mary lateral.
That's when the divine swine intervention began.
Dan Skipper got a touch that kept the ball alive and changed the trajectory so the ball bounced straight up to running back Alex Collins.
Of all the Razorbacks on the field at that time, he would have been first choice as the one who was in the right place at the right time.
Collins used his eyes and might to get to the 9, easily a first down. But Collins, like Henry, thought he needed to score, so he lateraled just like Henry.
The ball went down, not up, as Collins was caught in a scrum of bodies, but Dominique Reed was there. He cradled the ball, knowing the Hogs had a first down, and a game that seconds before had seemed over, was alive and well.
By then most of the press box had gone down on the field to prepare for the postgame interviews. Most went down with five minutes in regulation, which is the only time the elevator is held for members of the press.
Many of those guys had an up close and personal view of what happened, and they were just like the guys left in the press box, surprised and almost stunned.
CBS immediately began to show replay after replay, and even though it was real, it seemed surreal.
Apparently the Ole Miss radio announcers said the Razorbacks had used all their luck with the lateral. Apparently not.
After a 2-yard gain, Brandon Allen, who should never again be criticized for his play as a Razorback, passed 9 yards for a touchdown to Drew Morgan. It was Allen's 33rd completion of the night (out of 45 attempts) and his sixth touchdown.
Almost lost in the glory of the lateral and what happened next was the fact Morgan had an awesome game. He had 9 catches for 122 yards and 3 touchdowns.
There was no panic on the sideline with the Hogs down 52-51. Bret Bielema made up his mind long before the miracle in Mississippi. He was going for two.
Allen was stuffed as he tried to find an open receiver, but a face-mask penalty moved the ball half the distance to the goal. Arkansas needed 54 inches to prove to the nation it was better than their 4-4 record.
Dan Enos, offensive coordinator, had his play immediately.
Allen had gotten the team, an 11-point underdog, to overtime against the nation's No. 18 team and the fifth-year senior was going to finish what he started.
Allen rolled right and got great blocks, saw a hole to his left and bolted for the end zone where he went down hard, his head bouncing off the turf. But before he could say he was OK, the referees had raised their arms, the scoreboard changed to 53-52 and jubilation flooded everyone on Arkansas' sideline.
Divine swine intervention that started with one heady move.
Sports on 11/10/2015