L. Houston vs. G. McCoy

There’s so much in college football that’s decided by vote, and just like an election, it doesn’t hurt to have your name out there. The guys filling out those ballots probably did about 1 hour of work to fill them out, it’s a popularity contest.

Houston will have one thing McCoy doesn’t this year… a championship ring.

Stats can be misleading, especially for D-linemen. For instance, would we say that Kindle has had a poor year because his sack totals are down from where they were last year, or where we expected them to be? Maybe, maybe not. Many times, O-lines will have to overcompensate to deal with stud DL’s or DE’s, and while that keeps that player’s numbers down, it allows other players to step up.

Now, I have no problem with Houston being second team, or first team. But I know that McCoy is a beast, and wreaked havoc on our line during the OU game.

So, sometimes those ballots are put together without thought or based on name recognition- I just don’t think this is a good example of that happening.

Cant be understated.

He also has the most Texan name of a non-Texan that I’ve ever heard of. It would be like meeting Kansk Moscow, a star defender on the Soviet Ice Hockey team, and finding out he was actually from France.