re: SEC Statement re: AU/Arkansas

The whistle definitely effected the recovery of the ball. I know there is a screenshot of an Arkansas player laying on the ball, but that was not immediate. Immediately after the spike attempt, #7 for Arkansas came sliding in and knocked the ball away from our RB. That was the opportunity for the clear and obvious recovery. However, The ball was then knocked backwards towards one of our receivers who might have gone more aggressively after the ball if the refs had not been blowing their whistle. You can see too that #26 for Arkansas wasn’t going after the live ball directly in front of him either because the refs had blown it dead. Give credit to #7, he was the only one going after the ball like it was live, but we have no idea how it would have played out if the refs had not blown the whistle.

Look I would be mad too if I was an Arkansas fan, but let’s not pretend like the game was stolen from them. They had a chance to get a first down and end the game, and didn’t. They had a chance to get a better punt off. They had a chance to not let us run the ball to FG range, and block the kick. They were almost bailed out by a fluke fumble, but a rouge whistle prevented that from playing out.