VAULT: Put Em' in the Heisman Pt. 2—Darren McFadden & Houston Nutt
The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly
Sport & Story
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
VAULT: To celebrate the announcement of Darren McFadden's #5 jersey being honored, we're bringing back the audio versions of the Hogs+ original film, 'Put Em' in the Heisman'.
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Darren McFadden burst on to the national scene in 2006, winning the Doak Walker Award and finishing second in the Heisman Trophy voting, behind winner Troy Smith. It was a contentious decision at the time, but it set the stage for a big 2007 season. Despite some off-field drama, the 2007 team found its footing and won five of its last six games, including a season-ending, triple-overtime win against No. 1 LSU in Baton Rouge. And Houston Nutt's postgame interview became instantly iconic. But the Heisman eluded McFadden once again. And it still bothers Arkansans to this day. In Part 2 of our exclusive conversation with Nutt and McFadden, we take you through the 2007 season—from a record-breaking performance against South Carolina to the shock of not winning the Heisman.
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| 0:00.0 | Coach, you come into Baton Rouge and you knock off the number one team in the country. How did you do it tonight? I don't know. I tell you what, I know this. Got a lot of guys with some big hearts. All I know is for three hours. For three hours, or however long, maybe four hours, we're the best team in the country today. And it's offense, defense, and special teams. There's some guys like Darren McFadden, baby. I love you. |
| 0:22.0 | What an effort. |
| 0:23.0 | Y'all better put him in the Hizman. You better put him up there. I'm tired of him. Number three, number four. We got that wood right here, baby. Somebody better look at this guy. The best football player in the country, and his name's not being mentioned. Lou Holtz, Mark May. number five you better look at him a little closer. He's a football player. |
| 0:52.2 | Welcome into the hog pot. I'm Bo Mattingly, and this episode is made possible by our friends |
| 0:55.1 | at South by Northwest Hospitality, Dollar Shave Club, and Arvess Bank. |
| 1:06.8 | Arkansas running back Darren McFadden burst on the national scene in 2006, |
| 1:11.6 | winning the Doke Walker Award and finishing second in the Heisman Trophy voting behind Ohio State's Troy Smith. |
| 1:18.6 | When I got to New York, boy, you got a heck of run, but he's just too young. |
| 1:22.6 | He'll have a chance, you know, stay healthy next year, brother. |
| 1:24.6 | Despite some off-the-field drama in 06 and a slow start in 2007, |
| 1:29.3 | the team found its footing and won five of their last six games, |
| 1:33.3 | including a season ending, triple overtime win against number one LSU in Baton Rouge. |
| 1:39.3 | Thanks in large part to a Heisman-like performance from McFadden. |
| 1:44.4 | Fakes it, keeps it, comes left. |
| 1:47.3 | Watch out. |
| 1:48.4 | He's gone. |
| 1:50.9 | I think gets a great block and goes 73 yards. |
| 1:56.1 | That was Casey ticked with the block. |
| 1:58.6 | And that Houston Nut Post-game interview became instantly iconic. Y'all better put him in the Hysman. You better put him up there. I'm tired of him. But the Hizeman eluded McFadden once again. And this time, it wasn't expected. And, like, when my name wasn't called, I was, like, I was almost in shock, kind of, because like I really expected my name to be called. |
| 2:20.3 | And, you know, I can't take anything away from Tebowl what he did or anything like that. |
| 2:23.5 | But I felt like I had did enough to seal it up for sure. |
| 2:27.5 | In part two of this exclusive conversation with Houston Nutt and Darren McFadden, We relive the highest of highs and the lows of lows |
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