The best in Texas
Comments(2) | 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.
Christian Potts
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Certainly McCoy’s future must be in question regarding his durability. I’m not sure I’d risk much on him or Sam Bradford.
Last night’s game leads me to conclude that coaches who leave established players, like McCoy and Bradford, in the game long after the outcome is established, run the risk of having a less than adequate back-up ready to play. My impression from last night is that 30 minutes to an hour more of playing time for McCoy’s back-up might very well have gained Texas a National Championship. It certainly wouldn’t have cost McCoy any honors, nor Texas any wins.
Finally, I don’t want to hear a peep out of Brown about how unfair it all is.
I’m just sort of amazed given how I tend to curse teams or players with any sort of positive prediction that I hadn’t tabbed McCoy for about a five-touchdown night.