So the question is flying around ahead of tonight’s BCS national championship game between Texas and Alabama.
Who’s the greatest Texas quarterback on all time? And is it assured that Colt McCoy gets the nod if he wins tonight?
McCoy’s record is impressive. He’s the all-time NCAA leader in wins for a starting quarterback. He’s never lost a bowl game. If he wins tonight he will have a national title win to add to his BCS win in the Fiesta Bowl last year.
No doubt he’s been quite a signal-caller in Austin. But Vince Young changed the game with his running ability from the position. You watch the variations of the Wildcat offense around high school, college and pro football and it looks an awful like the things Young was doing from the quarterback spot in college.
And he has a national championship too. He didn’t start as long as McCoy did but what he did while he was in there is second to none at the school from where I’m sitting.