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To me, Tech is like a bratty younger cousin. For most of the year, I generally wish them well. But once a year, when it comes to pass that I actually spend time with them, they remind me of why they annoy me so damn much. This year especially.

I sure don’t think Harrell deserves the Heisman as much as Colt – but I have to admit I’m a little disappointed that he didn’t get an invite. He’s basically assured of setting the passing TD record and had a hell of a season, even for a “program quarterback.” I didn’t watch much of Hawaii last year, but from what I’ve seen, he’s got to be better than Brennan.

Yesterday I got an email from a guy who is putting together what bacially amounts to a blog poll for the Heisman asking me to defend Colt McCoy’s claim on the prestigeous award.

Frankly, I was a little offended because McCoy doesn’t need me or anybody else to defend his worth. You can look at the stats and the records and make your own determination. Nothing against Tebow, Harrell,and Bradford, they’re all worthy candidates. But McCoy in my mind is the embodiment of everything the award ever hoped to personify. He put his team on his shoulders and said pundits and critics be damned, this is our season, we’ll dictate the outcome. We control our destiny. And the establishment resented him for it.

Still, he made good on his promise. Texas, despite what some may say, is not a sexy team. For the first time in Mack’s tenure, they couldn’t simply out-talent their strongest opponents like they’d done in the past, nor did they.

I’m not a stats guy, but I’d like someone to compare our 3rd down conversions this season to past years because I’m willing to bet UT converted more crucial 3rd downs this year than ever before. The key to UT’s success this year was sustaining drives. And many times, that was all Colt – if not through the air, then on foot. Simply put, he used what he had to get the job done and made no excuses along the way.

McCoy’s 77% completion percentage and some 670+ yards on the ground weren’t just impressive, they were crucial to UT’s success. Without them, Texas doesn’t win the close ones nor puts away the not-so close ones. Even still, those performances speak for themselves.

What bothers me the most is the fact that if Gideon catches that ball in Lubbock or the Texas D secures the win against the Red Raiders, we’re not even having this conversation. And if the Big XII, in their myopic petulence, has a tie breaking system that rewards valor on the field rather than exploits public perception, McCoy remains front and center for the superficial voting ranks to fawn over.

This isn’t an indictment of the BCS, but instead an accusation against college football, an entity that rewards the fortunate and chique at the expense of the truly deserving. Such is life and despite protest and indignation, life moves on.

On Saturday night, I hope justice perserveres and Colt McCoy is awared the Heisman Trophy. But if fortune doesn’t smile on the true, then I say, “to hell with the Heisman, let’s celebrate the man, Colt McCoy.”