Mike Leach recaps impressive win over Arkansas, comments on Will Rogers’ SEC passing record
By Keith Farner
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Mike Leach liked what he saw from Mississippi State in a 40-17 win over Arkansas to improve to 5-1 on the season, including 2-1 in the SEC.
“Arkansas’ a really an explosive team, we’re kind of explosive, but Arkansas was even more explosive than we were today,” Leach told the SEC Network after the game. “I thought we were a little more consistent. But our guys hung in there and we had our share of adversity, some we created. I thought their quarterback did an extremely good job. He’s harder to tackle than the other one. So there’s no breathers there. I was proud of our guys trying to hang in there and get a complete game and taking pride in what they did down to the end. It can be tough sometimes when the other guy gets those big plays in chunks. Sometimes people get discouraged but we didn’t.”
Will Rogers set a new SEC career completions record after he went 31-for-48 passing for 395 yards and 3 touchdowns.
“I was trying to figure out what record it was,” Leach said. “First of all he’s smart, second of all he studies film all the time, third of all he’s a tireless worker with his guys throwing it in the offseason, and he’s a guy that kind of elevates even the other sides of the ball.”
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
