There’s still one week left before the final BCS standings are announced and the chaos continues. Last night, it was Louisiana State who became the latest No. 1 team to fall:
BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU’s national title hopes were crushed by a Heisman-worthy performance. Darren McFadden rushed for three touchdowns and threw for another to lift Arkansas to a 50-48, three-overtime victory over the top-ranked Tigers on Friday.
Peyton Hillis also scored three TDs, the last in the third overtime. Felix Jones ran for the critical 2-point conversion to make it 50-42 for the Razorbacks (8-4, 4-4 Southeastern Conference).
LSU (10-2, 6-2) responded when Matt Flynn found Brandon LaFell for a 9-yard TD, but Matterral Richardson intercepted the 2-point conversion attempt, and Arkansas’ bench emptied onto the field in triumph, having ending the nation’s longest home winning streak at 19 games.
“Hey, we were the best team in the country today,” boasted Houston Nutt, who is rumored to be on his way out as the Razorbacks’ head coach. “To come down here in Baton Rouge and win is huge.”
McFadden, last year’s Heisman Trophy runner-up, rushed for 206 yards 32 carries and now has 1,725 yards rushing this season, breaking the single-season record of 1,647 he set last year.
No doubt there are West Virginia and Ohio State fans who’d vote for McFadden for Heisman if they could.
By knocking off LSU, which was in first place in the BCS standings, Arkansas boosted the national championship hopes of the Mountaineers and Buckeyes.
The Moutaineers play Connecticut today, and No. 2 Kansas plays No. 4 Missouri. It could be a very different BCS picture by the time the day is over.
