Category Archives: Texas Football

Tuscola Kid, Part 4

Texas QB Colt McCoy walked out of Austin’s Brackenridge Hospital a few hours after being carted off the field tied to a stretcher.

"He had been taken to the hospital for X-rays and observation after landing hard on the turf in the final seconds of Texas’ 12-7 loss to Texas A&M. It was unclear what McCoy may have injured…At the hospital, workers and patients applauded as McCoy walked out with his family."

Glad to hear he can walk. Hope to hear he can play again for whatever bowl game the Horns get. But this looked similar to his injury at the beginning of the K State game, i.e. he could not move his right arm for a time. Hope some enterprising reporter is trying to find out if the two injuries are medically connected.

UPDATE  Suzanne Halliburton reports that Colt had a severe pinched nerve in his neck–his second nerve injury in two games–after an A&M defender hit him under the jaw but trainer Kenny Boyd expects a full recovery. 

No joke

Aggies won it, 12-7. Best on the ground, best through the air, best on defense. We’ll just have to hope that Colt is not seriously injured. Or, if he is, that Jevan can grow into the job next year. This year is over for the Longhorns, except for whatever bowl bid they get. The Alamo, maybe? More like the Cotton or the Gator.

Aggie Joke?

Either the Aggies are time-challenged, or the local daily got the parade time wrong. We found a place to park and hustled to 7th and Congress Avenue just in time to see the tail-end of the parade–the shovel section marching behind the Parsons Mounted Cavalry. It was only 8:20 a.m. They weren’t even supposed to start until 8:30. So, no photo. Bigger crowd than usual. Ninety minutes to game time.

UPDATE  The joke is on me. The daily said it was at 8. I misread it, probably having a senior moment without realizing it. That’s the way they work. That’s also the way blogs work, making snap judgements, which I try not to do with the news. Oh, well. The Ags won the game. Bless ’em. They deserved it. 

Horns or Aggies but Bulldogs forever

Kevin Robbins does a nice job showing why the Friday night lights are where it’s at in Texas via Aggies quarterback Stephen McGee and Texas receiver Jordan Shipley–and why folks in their hometown of Burnet want the Longhorns to win Friday but Stephen to have a good game.

Texas vs the Ags

Texas is comfortably favored to beat Texas A&M on Friday and so advance to the Big 12 Championship against Nebraska. As Longhorn Nation reminds, the last time the Ags beat the Longhorns, Colt McCoy was in the eighth grade. In Kansas City, we’ll see something, probably, like a much tighter game for one thing. I just hope it doesn’t lead to playing Boise State in a bowl. From the Rose Bowl to Boise State in one year would be too much to swallow.

We’re taking Mr. Boy to see the A&M Corps of Cadets march up Congress Avenue to the Capitol Friday morning, something he hasn’t seen since he was two. I’ll post the best picture from that. Their band is good and it’s always fun to see the seniors with their riding boots and swords. Some of those boys could be lieutenants in Iraq or Afghan this time next year.

The Tuscola Kid

Looks like Colt McCoy may yet return as Texas QB, after two weeks rest of his shoulder before the A&M game the day after Thanksgiving. If the injury really is the "stinger" he’s said to have told Texas offensive coordinator Greg Davis, he might even be back on track with a Heisman ranking after beating the Aggies. So Colt, personally, could yet have a remarkable season, NCAA record-setting freshman QB (despite really being a sophomore, quaintly called a "redshirt" freshman), top 2 or 3 in the Heisman polls, etc, etc., etc.

The Longhorns season is effectively over wth the loss to K State, unless you count winning the Big 12 as a big deal (not this year), and playing Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl. Assuming Texas ranks that high with two losses. Maybe somebody else can get to pummel Boise State. There’s good fortune.

Texas at Kansas State

The unthinkable finally happened and the Tuscola Kid looks to be injured, or at least he’s been out of the game for several drives. Jevan Snead, his backup, still getting into the rhythm of the offense with K State ahead 21-14. The Horns’ season could be on the line here.

UPDATE  It was. Texas lost 45-42. I’ll always believe it was Colt’s injury taking him out of the game that caused it, even though Jevan tried hard and was at times impressive. But he hadn’t played since the Sam Houston State game and he turned in only mediocre passing (13 for 30) and minus 3 yards rushing. Texas fumbles and miscues played a part, as well. But K State always plays hard, and this year it was enough.