I wouldn’t have thought so, after an undistinguished season–other than helping get his team in the championships. But after his three awards last night–the Maxwell, the Davey O’Brien, and the Walter Camp–it certainly looks like The Tuscola Kid is about to walk off with the biggie, as well. On the other hand, Vince also won the Maxwell, but didn’t get the stiff-arm statue.
UPDATE: Alabama’s RB Mark Ingram won it. Now he should get ready to meet the Texas defense. Heh.
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Can’t help believing, going into this game, that it will be a Horns victory. Like to see Colt have some impressive plays to counter what Mark Ingram did against Florida. We shall see.
UPDATE: Mid-3rd quarter. I guess Colt can kiss the Heisman goodbye. He’s thrown two interceptions and been sacked a bunch of times. Still, at 10-6, Texas has a chance to win it. This is old-time, smashmouth football, a low-scoring, defensive struggle. So far, and looks to stay that way.
FINAL: Husker fans will be upset, like their coaches were. Been a while since the Horns won a heartstopper like this one, 13-12. Champions find a way, they say. As for the Heisman, I hear they don’t give them to defensive tackles. But they should give one to Nebraska’s Ndamukong Suh.
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Been an exciting first half. What looked at first glance to be a defensive struggle has become an offensive one instead. So we go into the half with Texas up 28-21. Texas already has almost four hundred yards of total offense. Colt’s really puttin’ on a show, with deep passes, a long run for a TD and a good pooch punt. Gunnin’ for that Heisman?
UPDATE: Texas pulls out a tough victory 49-39 in a tit-for-tat contest in which both teams combined for more than a thousand yards of total offense. These in-state grudge games can be murder. This was a wild one.
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Texas QB Colt McCoy, leading a 51-20 thumping of Kansas last night, became the winningest quarterback in college football history. The Horns will play Nebraska for the Big Twelve title. And, almost certainly, play the winner of the SEC title for the National Championship. Quite a night.
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I caught the first half of the Texas-Baylor game, until the Horns had forty points. Baylor has always been the doormat of the Big Twelve and this year, despite a promising young QB (until he was injured) was no exception. So I waited for and watched and enjoyed the Texas Christian and Utah game. Very evenly matched, though you wouldn’t know it from the final score. Unbeaten TCU was just sooo much better. Their new uniforms are cool, too. I hope they get a BCS bowl this year. They certainly deserve it.
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Or, as who should say, Longhorns’ Bevo in serious need of a haircut. Via Still Muttering.
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Best part of this blowout was watching the rejuvenated Tuscola Kid’s almost flawless passing and occasional good running against a 4-2 team while Bama almost lost to 3-3 Tennessee and Florida struggled with 3-4 Mississippi State. I’m sure the BCS computers won’t notice, however.
KVET FM’s good announcing made the Texas game, as always. Craig Way, "the Voice of the Longhorns" and his sidekicks aren’t homers but give equal measure to both teams and all of the players. Much more complete than the half-witted commentating on ABC. The overpaid network guys never seem to know enough to actually report the game-in-progress but just keep repeating the same conventional wisdom over and over again. But this ESPN guy isn’t bad.
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