By the numbers

— 2 Passes completed by Matt Jones during first nine possessions for Arkansas 2 Passes completed by Jones during 25 seconds on Arkansas’ final drive 46 Yards passing for Jones before final drive 81 Yards passing by Jones during 25-second drive 140 Houston Nutt’s record at War Memorial Stadium after 21-20 victory over LSU

What they said

after the game

“We won a game in

the last 13 seconds,

and today we lost a

game in the last 36 seconds. So, Sometimes

you say they balance themselves out. Well, I guess we were a victim of that today.”

  • LSU Coach Nick Saban

“It’s just a blessing

from the heavens.” - Arkansas Coach Houston Nutt “You see a little

opening, but you’ve

just got to give him

a chance. You can’t throw it out of bounds.

You’ve got to just give him a chance and hope he comes down with it.” - Matt Jones, on his

touchdown pass to DeCori Birmingham “I kept feeling people hitting my legs and my

heels. But I just dug down and tried not to be denied.” - Fred Talley, on his 56-yard

touchdown run that pulled Arkansas within within 17-14. What they’re saying today

“I was responsible

for the ‘Miracle on

Markham Street,’ or whatever they call it.

I remember it like it was yesterday. ... That

drive is something

that still sticks with me to this day. But it was a heck of a throw

by Jones in the back in the end zone there.

... We made him look

like Joe Namath on that last drive.”- Florida Coach Will Muschamp, LSU’s defensive

coordinator at the time “I remember a lot

about that game. You don’t forget those

kind. A lot of it was not good execution by our defense, but it was a great player making

great plays for them.

Matt Jones was a great player.”

  • Nick Saban, now the coach at Alabama, recalling the 2002 game

What they wrote WALLY HALL Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

As time ran out on the third quarter, Matt Jones came to his feet and raised his arms over his head. Four fingers showed on both hands.

Arkansas trailed 17-7.

Then dozens of other Razorbacks flashed the sign that means, “The final quarter belongs to us.”

Believe it.

Another Miracle on Markham Street and another notch in Houston Nutt’s War Memorial Stadium belt as the Razorbacks got their first lead after 59:51 of play. It was good for a 21-20 victory.

Believe it, Nutt is 14-0 in The Rock.

SCOTT CAIN Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

In a season that has at times defied college football’s laws of nature, Arkansas saved its most powerful miracles for the last ticks of the regular season.

Unable to throw effectively all day, Arkansas struck not with one but two thunderbolts that covered 81 yards in 25 seconds. Quarterback Matt Jones fired both, the second a 31-yard touchdown pass to backup flanker DeCori Birmingham with nine seconds to play, to deliver the Razorbacks from desperation to delirium.

Sports, Pages 32 on 11/22/2012

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