FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.—For six games and three quarters, the Razorbacks probably haven’t missed Darren McFadden and Felix Jones.

Junior SEC rushing leader running back Michael Smith has been that good and the blowout losses to Nos. 1, 2 and 5 ranked Texas, Alabama and Florida that bad. So the Arkansas presence of absent All-American turned NFL running backs McFadden and Jones likely wouldn’t have altered the 3-3 overall and 1-2 SEC records the Razorbacks took to Lexington for last Saturday night’s SEC game at Kentucky.

But, oh, how either McFadden or Jones could have altere...

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