without taylen green. >> chris: well, they'd have to get perhaps 90-plus yards to get the end zone. just a field goal, but again, a backup kicker is in there for arkansas. a lot of stuff going on here in the final 5:52. as tennessee tries to squeeze out yet another tight victory. low snap. picked up and booted nicely by ross. ball checks up and bounces backwards. and arkansas will start inside the 10 yard line. talked about the eventful day in the s.e.c., brought to you by at&t. defensive dominance, ground game, ole miss bounced back, big one in columbia. georgia pulled away to defeat their old rival auburn. and here is the shocker. that look on the left says it all. vanderbilt beats alabama for the first time in 40 years. the goal posts are headed to the

herbstreit front yard. it's a huge party in nashville. >> kirk: i said at the break, this will be something, living in nashville, vandy fans, you know how many fans of the s.e.c. live in nashville, ole miss, auburn, alabama, everybody laughs at vandy. they'll have that one for 100 years, talking about it. let's get that snap here. >> chris: singleton trying to create a memory here, if he can lead arkansas down the field. handoff to jackson. pushing and shoving after the play. last thing either side needs is a personal foul. jackson will have to leave the game. lost his helmet. >> kirk: he's frustrated with tyree west pushing on him when he got up. just a little bit about singleton. this guy's a four-star recruit. ninth ranked duel threat quart back. right now, again, he's trying to adjust to the speed of the game, and be able to see this defense. >> chris: attempted only 11

passes coming in, that was in mopup time. thought about throwing. makes something of it before pili gets him to the ground. it will be third down. >> kirk: if i'm tennessee right now, i'm mixing up the looks, showing one thing, going to another. really try to confuse him. he doesn't have a ton of reps. and the biggest thing, when he doesn't see his primary receiver, he's taking off and running. you better have a spy on him. you better not let him talk off and pick up a first down. >> chris: three receivers, sategna, teslaa. armstrong is set up to the left. >> kirk: tight coverage. >> chris: dangerous weapon. empty backfield. vols not showing pressure here. play clock at two. got to snap it quickly. they just get it off. singleton trying to make something happen. scrambles to his right. scans the field -- delivers on the sidelines. and that is broken up nicely. carter got his arm around to bat it down. pili was providing the pressure.

>> kirk: we just talked about, you know, this kid is going to escape, so, you put pili in the middle. he's kind of in coverage, but really, his eyes are on the quarterback, mirroring him. got to keep an eye on him. can't let him run for that first down. so, really nice job by the veteran there in the middle of playing some coverage, but mainly having his eyes on that threat of him getting out of there. and there was nowhere for him to go. >> chris: so, a quick three and out. only positive news for arkansas, they only spent 1:18 on that drive. and bale punts it away. gets a good bounce. so, pretty good job of flipping the field, rolls dead all the way at the 20 yard line, about a 56-yard boot. kevin? >> collisihris, kirk's morning d in berkeley on "college gameday." they're finally playing the game. power up the gut there. 7-0, canes. kirk brought up michigan losing to washington -- not big ten is

up set. minnesota just beat number 11 usc, 24-17. row the boat. back to you, chris and kirk. >> kirk: how about it? add that to the list there, kevin. >> chris: a mixed bag for the old pac-12 teams. washington gets a big dub, but u usc with the loss. haven't heard row the boat in awhile. >> kirk: it's been awhile. if arkansas is going to have a chance, their defense has to make a play. this offense isn't going anywhere without taylen green. >> chris: dylan sampson secures the ball. conservative approach from heupel here. >> kirk: we saw a similar approach in norman. when you have confidence in your defense, they addressed it with the media. people said, boy, we're so used to going fast in that second half in norman, he said, listen, i got a young quarterback, our defense was playing great, we're dominating. i didn't want to lose the game. i wanted to play smart on the

road with a young quarterback. kind of the same approach right now. >> chris: iamaleava zips it down the middle, incomplete. low throw for white. so, the clock stops, and now it's third and nine. and white slow to get up. his great-grand mother, when he was toddler, gave him t nickname squirrel. >> kirk: i think his head hit the surface. he came across the middle of the field. going for the boot ball -- he didn't have really a chance to get his hands down to protect himself and his head, you can see there, just hits the ground. right away, you could tell -- watch the head. hands can't really protect himself. bang, the head hits the ground.

>> chris: hand to the side of the helmet after that. it's good to see him up. iamaleava will not have him available for this third and nine play. as they go up under the shoulder pad, looking perhaps at a shoulder, as well. it's been a frustrating night for the volunteers passing game. nico's been sacked four times, hit a lot. haven't really produced an electric play. kitselman had that sideline catch. that's the longest play through the air. 17 yards for an offense that's used to producing explosive plays. >> kirk: talking to nico there. this is a big third down here. main reason i say, not just with 3:35 in a one-point game. ball's on their own 21 yard line. if arkansas's going to have any chance, they cannot afford to

start a drive inside their own 20. they need to start their drive around the 30 or the 40 yard line, so -- this -- this defense has a chance to help their offense and give them a legitimate shot to maybe get into field goal range. >> chris: tight end in the slot, kitselman. brazzell and nimrod are off to the right. mike matthews, the freshman, to the left. iamaleava -- delivers incomplete. delivered a little bit late. jayden johnson was tracking across, broke it up. and the hogs get a stop. >> kirk: kitselman works across the field. tight coverage on him, man-to-man. watch him work here. tight coverage right there. but it's the safety that completely makes this play. he looks like he's going to go back. instead, watch what he does. comes downhill. gets in the way of that play, and i think that nico really thought he was going to be

playing a half field. really smart, great play by singletary. >> chris: white went out. didn't have mccoy or thornton in the game on that third down. so, the top targets not available, and now, another punt. and sategna almost had the ball knocked away. 43-yard punt. he got five back. and what can you do if you're malachi singleton? they have better field position, kirk. field goal gives them the lead. >> kirk: just talked about that big third down, and how important it was, because maybe you get the ball around the 30 or 40, and that's where they have it. at their own 41 yard line. there's no reason to hurry. there's no reason to panic. you need about 20 to 30 yards, and you got all three time-outs, you have a two-minute time-out. you just got to get -- execute and try to get a first down. try to get some confidence right now established. run the football behind the big man, but right now, we got russell in the game.

>> chris: they need about 30 yards, again, the starting kicker is out injured. singleton finds a man underneath, and the catch is made by sategna, who weaves into tennessee territory. that's a promising start. >> kirk: nice, easy, quick throw for him that time. set up that jailbreak screen. good job after the catch zigzagging through that vols defense, and he gets his first first down since he's been inserted. >> chris: back to the ground with russell, who's got a kraes. big fella running into the secondary, and the freshman knocked down at the 22. 24 yards for the 253-pounder. >> kirk: blackstock makes a good block right here. watch the right tackle with a kickout block. and with only one linebacker, there's no one left there. pretty good effort by 2 that

time, armstrong, as well, the receiver. that opened up in a hurry. >> chris: now arkansas in no hurry, as you see green excited. this offense does have a spashgs, spashrk, finally. that first pass got them going to sategna, and the young power back bursts for 24. and all of a sudden, at the two-minute time-out, the hogs are threatening, trying to take the lead. it would be a milestone victory, one they've been starving for one they've been starving for around here for decades. when there are battles to win for america's future, there is one constant: marines. brisket is back at chipotle. seasoned. smoked. seared. spiced. sauced. bowl'd.

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earlier. >> chris: lose your two best offensive players, still have a shot here. there's russell. said he was talented. certainly hyped and ready to step up. he has to tonight, as jackson still not in the game, but here goes russell again. knocking over people! you don't want to get in his way. ran right >> kirk: good job here coming down, helping, and then trying to get up on the backer, pili. also see the tight end contributing. good blocks at that second level. and then just good, hard, tough running. like a bull that time, running through the vols defense. >> chris: interesting clock management scenarios here. arkansas certainly in no hurry. got all three time-outs. heupel's got a couple of time-outs, but arkansas can bleed this down. handoff inside.

russell -- oh, on the outside -- touchdown! singleton keeps it and scores! malachi singleton off the bench has put arkansas in front from 11 yards. does leave tennessee 1:17. >> kirk: i'll say this, man. i think they may have let him score. i think -- i think that was the plan on that sideline from tennessee. and if he would have been smart, he takes a slide at the 1 yard line. he's a backup, he's a red shirt freshman, i got it. just watching it live, i feel like tennessee said, let's get the ball back to nico. let's let him score. instead of them working the clock. >> chris: go for dos, brought to you by dos equis. we said there was some interesting game management decisions to make. this to make it a seven-point

game. russell's in the game. motions out now. and they didn't see the play clock, and another five-yard penalty. >> referee: arkansas called their first time-out of the half. >> chris: they did spend a time-out. >> kirk: chris, my first reaction watching it live -- watch the tennessee defense. i'm not blaming them. i think it's a genius move by heupel. it's the a tnd a tnd clicker. look, by the way, if he handed it to him, he walks in, so, that way, he would have scored. let's watch the quarterback. watch this guy right here, you tell me they're trying to stop him. hey goes this way. >> chris: coaches approach that differently. could be controversial, could be second-guessed. of course, hindsight is always 20/20. >> kirk: you hate to say, hey,

give up -- >> chris: no, no. >> kirk: i think anybody watching, you're going to get the ball back to your guy, 1:17 with a couple time-outs. give him a shot. >> chris: yeah, the only feeling is, you could try to stop and try to force a field goal, you wouldn't need a touchdown to take the lead. now they will. little shovel pass inside, and sategna is stopped. so, the margin is still five. >> kirk: now a touchdown wins it. >> chris: yep. and the razorbacks went 59 yards in four plays. all smiles from taylen green. singleton got that drive started with the short pass, then he handed it off to russell who barrelled down the field. and eventually the quarterback keeper. whether it was conceded or not. i think you're right. now it's nico's show. >> kirk: great job by singleton. he led them to that score. that's a tough thing to do against that defense. not that last play, but just the

way he came in there and did that, that's awesome. now, how exciting is this, with nico, 1:17, two time-outs. on the road. be an interesting chapter, potentially, in his young career. >> chris: what a response from arkansas. the two touchdowns by tennessee early in the third quarter to go up 14-3, and since then, it's 16 points unanswered by the razorbacks. tremendous response. they had to reverse momentum. they had to get a defensive stop. and finally got things going. it's been a great job by this arkansas defense since those two touchdowns by tennessee. can they come up with one more stop to pull off a milestone victory and create a second upset of a top five-ranked s.e.c. team to an unranked team today? that has never happened in s.e.c. history. >> kirk: history. well -- vols try to stop that from happening.

keep in mind, squirrel white went down. i'm assuming he won't be back out there. so, you have other receivers that are going to have to step up with him down. >> chris: pointed out that thornton and mccoy were also not in the game, holly. what's the status of those vols wide receivers? >> holly: well, thornton is back in, he's got a sleeve on his right knee. bru mccoy is also able to return, but he's got a big, heavy cast with padding on his right hand. chad nimrod, number 11, is in for squirrel white. this wide receiver crew is banged up, but brazzell looks like he's 100%, look for him, number 17, he's been very reliable. >> kirk: josh said, i feel good about six or seven guys. we're going to see that depth right now. see if they can step up. >> chris: iamaleava took a look to his right and now throws it low and it's incomplete. under duress there, and it's nimrod that couldn't come up with it. >> kirk: best thing to happen for tennessee, drops so the clock stops. you can reset.

he was looking to get that ball onfield, but arkansas, very smart, dropping their coverage back on brazzell. >> chris: needs 75 yards to stay undefeated. three-man rush. iamaleava, plenty of time. now just sprints and cuts up and takes a big shot from slaughter. former volunteer knocked him down. it's right near the marker. >> kirk: he's short. clock keeps moving. they're saving the time-outs. nico has to hurry here. got to be some urgency. >> chris: play quick, but don't hurry. on third and two, looking to throw for it, plenty of time. eludes jackson and fires way downfield -- and the catch is made by thornton at the 25! what a play! >> kirk: that -- that's like a patrick mahomes-type of play, as far as running, scrambling, all the way to your left.

throw it up in the air to your big, tall receiver. got a warning there on the sideline. and he makes the play over two defenders. >> chris: does pittman think about a defensive time-out? his guys are gassed. >> kirk: far right. he's right there. watch him work with the quarter quarterback. >> chris: from the 25. again, three-man rush. plenty of time. throws it downfield, incomplete. he fired a bullet to kitselman, but over his head. 17 seconds left. >> kirk: need a touchdown. still the two time-outs. 17 seconds. >> chris: arkansas defenders just digging really, really deep here. some of those guys look exhausted out there, trying to chase down nico. >> kirk: only rushing three here. dropping eight. see if they change that up now.

>> chris: three receivers stacked to the right. got to hurry. the play clock at one, and they hand it off inside -- and knocked down after about four yards. and the time-out taken. sampson, they tried to spring him. >> kirk: chris, i think the snap -- it fell out of knnico's hands. that pball looked like it got away from him -- yeah, that was not a handoff. first i thought it might have been a direct snap, but no, it was went up into the air off of nico. sampson, he's looking for a blitz. instead, he -- out of his vision, he sees the football and holds onto it. >> chris: i thought that was a very interesting call to make. down to one time-out and 13 seconds. from the 21.

>> kirk: we always brag about this young man's poise, right? boy, is that being tested right now. look into his eyes, man. tell you -- for a young guy, in this kind of environment, he's got ice in his veins. can someone get vertical and can he hit a seam here? tough against the coverage they're playing. they got three defensive backs back in the middle, waiting for those seam shots. >> chris: first down would stop the clock momentarily. they have to get to the 15. they do have the one time-out. no pressure again. iamaleava down the middle -- it's broken up by the former tennessee volunteer slaughter. he said he was extremely keyed up to face his former mates. fourth and five, down to this play. >> chr >> kirk: watch him get inside leverage. then he works vertically. head turnstries to get

his hands on the ball. i think that ball got in to nimrod, but it's in and out of his hands. >> chris: ice in his veins, he needs it now. needs six yards. and heupel with that play clock still with 13 seconds on it, wanted to get a look, spends the final time-out. clock wound down to six seconds. >> kirk: oh, boy. >> chris: they are massing, trying to make this yet another goal post teardown in the s.e.c. >> kirk: what's making this touch, those three defenders, it's a tight cover three with a safety in the middle. two corners that are sitting back at about 10 to 12 yards, and they're just taking away any of those shots that he normally would like to hit. it's so obvious that those are taken away. i want to see what josh heupel can design here to try to disrupt that coverage, because i

think they're -- they've been playing it the whole way down the field. you got to believe they're going to continue to sit in it. they got underneath coverage and the deep defensive backs taking that away. >> chris: with only six seconds, kirk, and spending that last time-out, if they don't get it in the end zone, they'll be lucky to get another play off. the hogs trying to create a lifelong memory for the fans here tonight. iamaleava -- this is going to be the last play of the game. scrambles -- and is shoved out of bounds. no time left! arkansas pulls the upset!

>> chris: the hogs are in heaven, along with their fans. a program that's had so many close, painful losses, comes up with a huge victory. scoring the last 16 points of this football game. and tennessee joins alabama, undefeated, beaten by unranked teams today.

let's go to holly. >> holly: coach pittman, you have been on the other end of so many close losses, how did your team have the resill against to win this? >> what a great couple of drives. i'm so proud for the kids, the coaches, these folks, and i'm glad you have come here and see us win one. >> holly: your backup quarterback had to come in. what did you see from him to provide that? >> wasn't that awesome? i mean, malachi, the kids rallied around him. he did a great job with his legs. just a big, big win for the university of arkansas. >> holly: one of the final plays was made by slaughter, a tennessee transfer. what do say about how your defense held up? >> t-will and the guys had them ready to play. they played hard the entire night. we didn't turn the football over, nor did they, but i said, if we are the same in turnovers about anybody in the country, we

can play with them. tonight, we proved it. >> holly: how many field storms have you been part of here as a head coach? >> well, two now. a.d.'s going to be mad, maybe he won't be, i don't know. right now, i don't care. >> holly: thank you, coach. >> go hogs! go hogs, baby. >> chris: oh, pittman. for now, the goal posts are safe. they're going to slowly lower them. for all the poise that nico has, he lost track of the situation there, with the clock winding down. >> kirk: i talked about the three defensive backs. they kept these three back to take away any 0 of shots. he's trying to get the ball to 19. he's looking that way initially. and he comes off of it. that -- look at his head. looks, now he's got to try to make a play. there's no one open downfield. so, now he's -- now he's thinking, somebody work with me. >> chris: you have to let it go. >> kirk: there's nobody there. yeah, of course, you got to let

it go. young guy, lets it, just kind of -- you're so locked in on that left side. just nowhere to go with the ball. throw it up, give somebody a chance, but he'll learn from it. this is about arkansas. this is about what they did at home tonight, pulling off this upset. >> chris: all the wasted opportunities when they could have built a big lead. held heupel's offense scoreless in a half. then tennessee got going. and arkansas, 16 points, part of it, as we said, behind malachi singleton after green went out of the game. you have to go back to 1999. this was the year after that heartbreaking loss in knoxville. they came back here and beat the volunteers, the last win against an ap top five team for the razorbacks. >> kirk: unbelievable. seems like arkansas/tennessee always has crazy games, right? they come down to the very end. >> chris: we said at the top, weird things happen to the

volunteers when they take on this team. they've now lost four in a row to arkansas, going all the way back to 2001, their last win. and that was the keeper. they may have let him score -- >> kirk: they did it. and he let them down as a backup quarterback. he did his job. what a scene here, man. fayetteville going crazy. >> chris: and what a day in college football. you go last week to that all-time epic in tuscaloosa, when alabama has the huge lead, georgia takes the lead, alabama reclaims the lead, makes a pick, and you think, what else could happen that's crazier than that? fast forward to a week, and all of a sudden, alabama loses to vanderbilt. tennessee comes here, and another top five team loses to an unranked s.e.c. opponent. >> kirk: a wild day of college football. you looked at the slate of games this morning, you thought, there isn't necessarily -- those great match-ups that you get excited about, like a normal saturday, and i swear, it just seems like those are the weeks that wild things tend to happen. and we definitely saw that