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The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

233. Michael Qualls: "Mr. Walk on Air"

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Arkansas, Hogs, Sports, Razorbacks

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Fan favorite & SportsCenter top 10 regular Michael Qualls sits down to tell his story, reflect on his favorite memories as a Razorback, and update us on where he's at now. All while celebrating the 10th anniversary of his career-defining buzzer-beating dunk against Kentucky.

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0:00.0

Yeah, my grandma, she actually the one who taught me out of dunk, and that might sound crazy.

0:04.0

Hang on. Tell me more.

0:07.0

She, we would go outside and she would be like,

0:10.0

baby, you just got to jump. And she was just like kind of like...

0:13.0

How old are we at this point?

0:15.0

I was like, like, probably like seven, eight,

0:19.0

and this is like an eight and a half foot rim.

0:22.0

Okay.

0:23.2

And like they were literally just telling me to jump.

0:25.4

I was dunking by the sixth grade

0:26.9

or 10 foot rim and I was only like five seven at the time. term. Welcome into the Hog Pot. I'm Bo Mattingly and this episode is made possible by our

0:45.0

friends at Vold Vision, Saracen Resort, and South by Northwest Hospitality.

0:50.1

This is going to get silly fired up.

0:52.2

Lock it up.

0:54.0

I mean, lock it up Mr. Qualls.

0:56.0

Say the name Michael Qualls to any racer fan,

0:59.0

and they'll immediately bring up the dunk.

1:02.0

Pauls with the dunk. Whoa!

1:03.0

With the dunk and the buzzer!

1:05.0

There is not a better finisher in college basketball.

1:08.0

It was an insane athlete that became a sports 13 top 10 sports center plays. Probably the best athlete.

1:23.0

In two or one game.

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