Colt moves into exclusive company...
by Robertpz on Nov 14, 2009 4:28 PM CST
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Today with a win over Baylor, Colt moved into a tie with David Greene of Georgia as one of the winningest QBs in NCAA Div 1 history with 42 wins AND he still has four games left to play. If he wins all four, that would put Colt averaging a little over 11 wins per season (the record is 51 wins by Div II Grand Valley State's Finnerty, which was helped by their playoff system). Teams kill to do that once every couple of years AND Colt & the Longhorns will have done that over the four years since he took over the position after Vince Young left. Add to that if Colt wins whatever bowl game he will be in come January, he will join Pat White of West Virginia as the only QBs to win 4 bowl games (Tebow has a shot also to join that club, but I am thinking he loses his first bowl game to Colt!) in NCAA history. I have said it before and I will say it again, we are witnesses to a rare commodity in Colt McCoy. After you add up all of the Longhorns records he will have set by January as well as some NCAA ones, he will go down in Texas Longhorns history AND NCAA history as probably the most unheralded college offensive football player to have a 4 year career like no other. Regardless of how everything pans out over the next four games, I just think this is something special that we as Longhorns fans will be able to tell our grandkids about someday. Great players will always be found & made at Texas, but I believe few will do so much with so little expected of them as Colt has managed to do for four solid seasons on the 40 acres. I am happy for him as well as the program as I know you guys are too!
Hook 'em!
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"Tebow has a shot also to join that club"
He wasn’t the starting QB freshman year, so I don’t think he does.
The swine flu takes a Will Muschamp shot every September.
by pleaseplaykindle on Nov 14, 2009 5:25 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
+1
I was going to point out the exact same thing. Glad I read the comments first.
by burntorangehorn on Nov 14, 2009 6:10 PM CST up reply actions
You give Tebow too much credit.
Last year was his FIRST bowl win. He lost to unranked Michigan 41-35 at the Capital One Bowl his Heisman year in 2007, and Chris Leak was the UF QB the season prior.
+1
The media has most brainwashed over Tebow. Dude is NOT a winning machine ala Vince and Colt. No way do we lose 4! w/ VY IMO.
by vy til i die on Nov 14, 2009 6:39 PM CST up reply actions
You are right, though
Colt has not gotten the national media love during his tenure. It is a travesty.
"We don't freestyle Texas Fight, big boy." - Coach Brown
My bad...
I thought I had heard about Tebow and McCoy having a shot to go 4-0 in bowl games with Pat White. Oh well…I knew the part about Colt was right. Damn media! =) But enough about Tebow…
Heisman
that is why I believe that Colt should win the Heisman and if he doesn’t, it’s a disgrace.
Ricky Williams didn’t win the Heisman because his Texas team was one of the best in the nation, it was because of the NCAA record he broke with his 4 years at Texas. This is why Colt McCoy should win the Heisman trophy.
by Ryan2907 on Nov 14, 2009 8:15 PM CST via mobile reply actions
What media bias?
Sitting here with ESPN News on (why, I’m not really sure). Their ticker at the bottom with the days big sports news include…
Tebow ties SEC career record for TDs…
Stanford upsets USC…
Ohio St beats Iowa for BCS automatic berth…
Somebody sets NCAA record with 25 catches in a game…
and Brandon Jennings scores 55 pts in Bucks.
Nothing about McCoy tying the mark for wins by a QB? WTF? Seriously? I know ESPN is a joke, but it’s really not funny anymore.
Hook ’em and Leave No Doubt!
by the usual suspects on Nov 14, 2009 10:23 PM CST reply actions
Challengers to the record
Should Colt make it to 46 wins (God, the Horns and Greg Davis’ playcalling willing), would it be an unbreakable record (a la DiMaggio’s hit streak)? I haven’t researched this, but I get the feeling that Boise State’s Kellen Moore could come close or maybe even tie or break it. Well, this is assuming he stays all 4 years and Boise keeps going undefeated or one-loss for the rest of his seasons. Thoughts?
Every time I feel down and depressed, I think of seven simple words by a true wise man, Matt Leinart: "I still think we're the better team" and I usually end up hurting myself by laughing so hard.
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