It may have been magic. It may have been luck. Whatever it was, Arkansas had it on Saturday afternoon in Oxford.

Brandon Allen was great for the Razorbacks. The senior passed for 442 yards, six touchdowns and no interceptions as Arkansas stunned No. 19 Ole Miss.

With the game and Ole Miss’ SEC West hopes on the line, Allen dove over the Ole Miss defensive unit for the game winning, two-point conversion.

Many of us believed Arkansas was on the verge of pulling an upset.  The Rebels have been suspect against the pass all season long, and Allen capitalized.

But there was something bigger on Arkansas’ side. Each time the Razorbacks seemed beaten, they found a way to stick around.

Trailing by seven points and faced with fourth-and-25 in overtime, Arkansas pulled off a desperation lateral play. After catching a short pass along the right sideline, Hunter Henry blindly threw the ball backward into the middle of the field. Somehow, a bouncing ball ended up in the hands of Alex Collins, who sprinted down the left sideline for a first down.

Collins’ run led to a touchdown that pulled the Razorbacks to within a point of the lead. Arkansas coach Bret Bielema boldly went for the win rather than the tie. Though the initial two-point attempt failed, Arkansas got a second chance thanks to a facemask penalty called on the tackle.

The ball spotted at the 1, Allen dove in for the winning conversion.

Bielema called the amazing plays “divine intervention.”

And the rest is history.

It was a great matchup. Allen and Chad Kelly each threw for more than 300 yards, multiple touchdowns and no interceptions. Ole Miss rushed for 222 yards while Arkansas posted  162 on the ground. Arkansas had 442 yards receiving while the Rebels had 362. Each defense didn’t create a turnover and each squad punted three times.

But their was one major difference.

The ball bounced the right way for Arkansas. It bounced the wrong way for Ole Miss.

The Razorbacks had an amazing victory that will remembered for generations. The Rebels can only lament what could have been.