Hey, Hog fans, it's Bo Mattingly.

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It means we get to keep telling these amazing stories

about your favorite Razorback athletes, coaches, and moments.

And as we prepare for an upcoming new athletic season,

we decided to dive back into the vault for some of our favorite episodes.

This week features Arkansas legend Darren McFadden. Just the way that I grew up in everything that I've been through in life, I tell people that I wouldn't change any of it, man, because it made me the person who I am today. Being the nice that you're at home, you're struggling, you know, you don't have anything to eat, you don't know what's going on, your mom may not be at home at the time. You know, I don't talk about it with a lot of people, and they always see me smile and laughing. They don't assume that I've been through any hard times in life and things like there, right there. But like I say, at this point, you know, you can't do nothing but now, whether I would have went to the NFL or not, life was 10 times better than what it could have been if I chose to go a different route.

Welcome into the hog pot. I'm Bo Mattingly, and this episode is made possible by our friends at South by Northwest Hospitality.

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Anytime you hear, the greatest of all time, there's probably going to be an argument.

But it's hard to imagine a Razorback with more iconic moments than Darren McFadden. Boy, he hits that hole.

Up field he goes, watch out.

McFadden, along with Ricky Williams, are the only two running backs in college football history to win the Doak Walker Award twice.

He carried the ball that away fans will never forget.

But as a kid, it was football that carried him. I've seen a lot of things that, you know, most

kids my age probably wouldn't see or even think that goes on in homes. Darren grew up in Little Rock,

one of 12 kids. His mom struggled with addiction. His older brothers were in gangs, one of which was shot. So football practice became a way out.

Just being away for those extra few hours, and by the time you get home, it's time to, the sun's going down, it's time to get in the house. And so that really helped me out a whole lot.

As McFadden got older, he began to drift a little, but his coaches and teachers were quick to notice. You know, you know, it just took people like that just talking to me and telling me, hey, if you actually take this serious, you can do things and then you have to get to college. McFadden listened and eventually became a razorback, climbing the depth chart quickly,

earning freshman of the year honors. Then, just before as much anticipated sophomore year,

a promising football career was suddenly in doubt. Last night, about 420 in the morning,

police responded to a disturbance call here. Messed up, disappointing him.

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