February 7, 2012

Best Razorback Games Of 2007-08 — Instant Classic

After it was over, here’s how we described the game that is #3 on our countdown of the best Razorback games of 2007-08: You know…just another Razorback Saturday.  The stadium field gets a name; the legendary Keith Jackson stops by to ‘Call the Hogs’; Felix rushes for 174, DMac rushes for 321 and we completely steamroller Steve [...]

Raiders Draft McFadden With Fourth Overall Pick

Hogwired.com: McFadden Selected No. 4 in NFL Draft by Oakland Raiders Arkansas’ two-time Doak Walker Award winner and Heisman Trophy runner-up Darren McFadden was selected with the No. 4 pick of the 2008 National Football League Draft by the Oakland Raiders.

Speed Of Light Squared

“Wow.” — “Oh my.” — “Hellooooo!” — “Oh…my.”

McFadden And Jones Declare For NFL Draft

Hogwired.com: McFadden and Jones Forgo Senior Season for NFL Draft Arkansas’ junior tailback combination of All-American’s Darren McFadden and Felix Jones announced their decisions to forgo their senior seasons and declare for the NFL Draft on Monday at a press conference inside the Broyles Athletic Center.

McFadden Finishes As Heisman Runner-Up Again

ESPN.com: Florida QB Tebow is first underclassman to win Heisman Tim Tebow needed only two years of college to graduate to Heisman Trophy winner, putting the sophomore in a class by himself. [...] He beat out Arkansas running back Darren McFadden, the first player since 1949 to finish second in consecutive seasons. Tebow received 1,957 [...]

McFadden Wins Camp And Walker Awards

Hogwired.com: Darren McFadden Named Walter Camp Player of the Year After a regular season in which he gained a school-record 1,725 yards on the ground and led the Southeastern Conference in rushing, Arkansas’ Darren McFadden was honored with the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award.

Arkansas 50, LSU 48 (3OT)

Hogwired.com: Arkansas Upends No. 1 LSU, 50-48, in Three OTs Darren McFadden rushed for three touchdowns and threw for another to lift Arkansas to a 50-48, three-overtime victory over top-ranked LSU on Saturday.

McFadden Featured On Sports Illustrated Cover

Hogwired.com: McFadden Featured on Cover of Sports Illustrated Arkansas junior Darren McFadden is featured on this week’s edition of Sports Illustrated. McFadden is one of five regional covers for the publication’s college football preview issue on newsstands this week. [...] McFadden becomes the first Razorback football player to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated [...]

CBS SportsLine’s Dodd on McFadden and Malzahn

Dennis Dodd: It’s messy in Arkansas, but McFadden is running clean You couldn’t have written a screenplay to accurately chronicle Arkansas football the past two months. Mustain, the quarterback, transferred — to where, no one knows yet. That was only after his former high school coach, offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn, left for Tulsa. Broyles, the [...]

McFadden Finishes Second In Heisman Voting

Alex Abrams: McFadden Pulls Off Upset To Grab Second In Heisman Race Darren McFadden pulled off a mini-upset by beating out [Brady] Quinn to finish as the Heisman runner-up behind [Troy] Smith. McFadden was considered the darkhorse among the three finalists, and the popular assumption was that the sophomore would finish behind Smith and Quinn [...]