When he was coaching, former Ole Miss  and Arkansas coach Houston Nutt had a flair for the dramatic. He once led an unranked Ole Miss team to a historic upset over a Tim Tebow led Florida team at The Swamp.

In 2011, he put running back Darren McFadden at Wildcat quarterback and led the Razorbacks to a triple overtime upset of LSU. He also coached in three of the longest games in NCAA history.

He spoke about it all Monday during the Selma Quarterback Club meeting at the Selma Convention Center. Nutt said all four of those wins were special, but he spoke a lot about the victory over Florida.

“On that field that day, there were about 60 guys that were so locked in with one heartbeat that didn’t care who got the credit. It was amazing what happened that day. We had The Swamp quiet and celebrated in the locker room,” Nutt said. “That’s what I miss.”

Nutt has been out of coaching for the last five years but currently works as an analyst for the CBS Sports.  He has a 135-96 coaching record and led Arkansas to the SEC Championship game in 2002 and 2006.

Although he’s known for his coaching, Nutt was also a highly recruited player. He attended Arkansas and played for head coach Frank Broyles and Lou Holtz.

Paul “Bear” Bryant recruited him hard to go Alabama, but Nutt chose to stay home to play for the Razorbacks.

“My mom wanted me to go to Alabama and I was locked in but I had one problem — I was living in Little Rock, Arkansas and my dad worked for the state,” Nutt said with a laugh.

After two years at Arkansas, Nutt transferred to Oklahoma State. After graduation, he became a graduate assistant for coach Jimmy Johnson, who went on to win two Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys.

Nutt took his first head coaching job with Murray State in 1993 and moved his way up the coaching ladder. He had one of his best teams at Arkansas in 1998 — his first year on the job — but lost to Tennessee late in the year on a late fumble that ended the Razorbacks hopes of a championship.

“I thought we were going to win a national title,” Nutt said.

Nutt left Arkansas in 2007 to take the job at Ole Miss. With the Rebels, he led the team to two Cotton Bowl victories and back-to-back 9-4 seasons.

The Selma Quarterback Club will be off the next three weeks but will meet again Oct. 10. Former University of Alabama quarterback Andrew Zow will be the guest speaker that night.