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Texas, OU tough in stout Big 12 South ask? Well, Oklahoma and Texas return a Heisman Trophy winner and its runnerup in quarterback Sam Bradford and Colt McCoy. Texas should be much stronger on defense this season while the Sooners almost have their entire dynamic offense back. Expectations
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Big 12 pushing SEC for football supremacy four of the five vote-getters for the 2008 Heisman Trophy, including winner Sam Bradford of Oklahoma and runner-up Colt McCoy. Both return this season. "The offensive firepower and the quarterback capability in the last three years have been tremendous,"
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Tebow, Snead stand apart from unproven QBs are good that much is certain. Tebow is among the favorites, along with Oklahomas Sam Bradford and Texas Colt McCoy, to win the Heisman Trophy, which would be his second. Snead might be a better NFL prospect. After that, the quality of established
Where Does the Thunder Fit? 10:44 PM Which quarterback will make the best NFL player: (a) Sam Bradford. (b) Tim Tebow. (c) Colt McCoy. Talk about three Joe Colleges -- these guys are perfect for university ball. Bradford is almost reminiscent of a Leach qb with all the spread
Full Name : Colt McCoy Born : September 5, 1986 Hometown : Hobbs, NM Height : 6 foot 3 Weight : 205 lbs.
High School : Jim Ned HS College : Texas Longhorns Position : Quarterback
Colt McCoy 2008 - 2009
On January 2, 2008 UT running back Jamaal Charles decided to forgo his senior season with Texas in favor of joining the NFL as a professional football player in the 2008 NFL Draft. With Charles' departure, McCoy became the leading returning rusher for the 2008 Longhorns.[83]
McCoy rose in the record books during the first four games of the season. On August 30, 2008 McCoy passed for 222 yards and rushed for 103 yards against FAU, becoming the 2nd player in UT history to pass for 200 and rush for 100 yards in more than one game; the other being Vince Young. On September 20 Colt McCoy surpassed the Texas All-Time record for the most passing TD's with 62 while beating Rice 52–10. The record was previously held by Major Applewhite.[10] Through the first four games of 2008, McCoy completed 80% of his passes and had a quarterback rating of 209.71.[84]
Colt McCoy about to throw a 65-yard touchdown pass to Chris Ogbonnaya in the win over Colorado.The Longhorns opened conference play against the Colorado Buffaloes and UT won 38–14. McCoy threw for two touchdowns and moved past Ricky Williams into second on Texas' all-time list for touchdowns responsible for (passing, rushing, receiving). McCoy at that point had 77, while Williams had 76 with the Horns.[85] UT continued conference play by defeating #1 ranked Oklahoma Sooners in the 2008 Texas vs. Oklahoma football game. McCoy was 28 for 35 for 277 yards and one touchdown,[86] bringing Texas to the position of the #1 in the AP poll for the first time since 1984. (passing Alabama, Missouri, Oklahoma, and LSU.)
On October 18, against Missouri, McCoy completed the game with 337 yards on 29-of-32 passing with two touchdowns, rushed for two more and at one point completed a school-record 17 passes in a row. His completion ratio of 79% coming into the game improved as he completed 91% of his passes in this game. His four touchdowns put him alone in first place for the most career touchdowns scored at Texas (82), passing Vince Young (81).[12]
McCoy throws a pass against Baylor.UT lost to Texas Tech with one second remaining in the game. McCoy gave a good performance but came up short as his Red Raider counterpart, Graham Harrell had an outstanding day. Following that loss, UT fell to #4 in the BCS rankings. They climbed to #3 the following week as the Horns beat Baylor and former #3 Penn State lost. The win over Baylor was the 829th win for the UT football program, which tied Notre Dame for 2nd in the list of college football's ten most victorious programs.[87]
McCoy led the Longhorns to a 35–7 road victory over the Kansas, ensuring their eighth consecutive season with ten or more wins per season. That is the longest active streak in the nation and it ties them with Miami (1985-92) for the second-longest streak of all-time. It was Colt McCoy's 30th career win, which tied him with Vince Young for the school record.[11] McCoy completed 24 of 35 passing attempts (71%) for 255 yards and 2 touchdown passes. He was also the leading rusher for both schools, rushing for 78 yards and a touchdown.[88] McCoy's two touchdown passes put him at 31 for the season, breaking his own school record.[11]
McCoy had another great performance against in-state rival Texas A&M in the final game of the regular season. This is the the longest running rivalry both schools and the biggest margin of victory in the history of the rivalry occurred when Texas beat A&M 48–0 in 1898.[13] McCoy and the Longhorns nearly equaled that record this year by producing a 49–9 victory, the second-largest margin of victory for this rivalry series.
The win was the 31st for Colt McCoy, setting a new school record. McCoy threw ran for 2 touchdowns and threw for 2 more. He completed 23 of 28 attempted passes (82%) for a total of 311 yards. That yardage put him at 3,594 yards for the season - another school record.[13] His longest pass of the evening, 68 yarder on a post route to Jordan Shipley late in the third quarter, ended up a yard short of being McCoy’s fifth touchdown of the evening.
On December 8, 2008, after the Longhorns learned they had been passed over for the national championship game, McCoy said he would return to the team for his senior year. McCoy indicated he wants to play for a national championship. He also said, "I’m coming back because we have a solid coaching staff, and I’m coming back because I feel like I can develop the young receivers we have".
On January 5, 2009, McCoy led the Longhorns to 24–21 victory over Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl. McCoy completed 41-of-59 passes for 414 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. He was named the Offensive Player of the Game for his performance
Ohio State vs Texas Colt McCoy 14 yard Touchdown Fiesta Bowl 2009
Longhorns TD Colt McCoy rushed to the right for 14 yard gain (Hunter Lawrence made PAT) 6 - 10
Colt McCoy leads Texas to final minute win over OSU, Fiesta Bowl 2009 pt. 2
Colt McCoy's passes in the last minute of the game lead to victory over Buckeyes in 2009 Fiesta Bowl despite brilliant play by Pryor, Boeckman, and Wells.
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Colt McCoy phone interview on Sports Center after winning the 2009 Fiesta Bowl
Colt McCoy does an interview on Sports Center after winning the 2009 Fiesta Bowl against ohio state
Colt McCoy Records:
UT - Most Total Touchdowns, Career: 82+ (Took lead on October 18, 2008 versus Missouri)
UT - Most Touchdown Passes, Career: 62+ (Took lead on September 20, 2008 versus Rice)
UT - Most Touchdown Passes, Single Season: 29, (2006 season),[5] beaten by McCoy in 2008
UT - Most Touchdown Passes, Single Season: 31+, (2008 season - reached 31 on November 15, 2008 vs. the Kansas Jayhawks)
UT - Most Touchdown Passes, Game: 6, (October 14, 2006 versus Baylor)
UT - Most Passing Completions, Game: 32, (September 15, 2007 versus UCF)
UT - Most Consecutive Passing Completions, Game: 18 (October 25, 2008 versus Oklahoma State (surpassed his own record of 17 on October 18, 2008 versus Missouri).
UT - Most Career wins as a quarterback: 30+ (November 27, 2008 vs. Texas A&M, surpassed Vince Young)
UT - Most Career passing yards, Season: 3,594+ yards (November 27, 2008 vs. Texas A&M, surpassed Major Applewhite)
UT - Tie - Most Passing Attempts, Game: 47, (September 15, 2007 versus UCF)
NCAA - tied the freshman record of 29 touchdown passes established by Nevada's David Neill in 1998 - This record has since been broken by Oklahoma's Sam Bradford in the 2007 season
Colt McCoy Awards:
Named the quarterback to the College Football News 2006 "All Freshman Team"
Named 2006 “National Freshman of the Year” by The Sporting News and the Touchdown Club of Columbus
Named Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year by the Associated Press.
Named the 2008 Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year by the Associated Press
Named the 2008 Big 12 2nd Team Quarterback by the Associated Press
Named the 2008 Walter Camp Award by the Walter Camp Foundation
Named the 2008 All America 1st Team Quarterback by the Walter Camp Foundation,[110] FWAA, and Sports Illustrated
The Doc's All-Up-and-Coming Team: Offense (Yahoo! Canada Sports) Tomorrow’s All-Americans Today Here are the rules for this team: All players are second or third-year guys -- no incoming freshmen or junior college transfers -- set to start for the first time this year, or otherwise to contribute heavily after a redshirt year or a season (or two) as a backup. No one on the team was feted with awards or freshman All-America notices, and none has more than a ...
College football preview: Big 12 not as good as advertised (Covers.com) David Payne writes for Covers’ Experts Ben Burns . The Big 12 is spewing confidence. Texas coach Mack Brown and Nebraska AD Tom Osborne claim their conference is top to bottom as competitive as the mighty SEC. Whatever. Head-to-head, the Big ...
Wait, does Texas need more from its running game? (Yahoo! Canada Sports) Everybody loves Texas this summer, for obvious reasons -- namely, it's likely to take 35 points to beat the Longhorns, and the only two teams that hit that mark on them last season finished first and third nationally in scoring offense. (And it still wasn't enough to put Oklahoma over the top.) Still, every giant has his Achilles heel , and as hard as it is to find fault with an offense very ...
OU Insider: Q (The Oklahoman) The newsstands are brewing up some college football buzz, with the preseason magazines rolling out with picks and predictions and prospects for 2009.At Athlon, a long-tenured and trusted publication, the braintrust believes 2009 will look a lot like 2008, calling for a Florida-Oklahoma rematch in the BCS title game.Mitchell Light, the magazine's managing editor, weighs in with his thoughts on ...
July 4th Sponsor (KFDX Wichita Falls) What's your favorite Michael Jackson song? He's a Heisman Trophy runner-up and arguably one of the best college quarterbacks in the nation, but today, Texas Longhorn quarterback Colt McCoy was in Texoma to share his pride in being a son.
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