Colt does it again.
For the fourth consecutive game, Texas redshirt freshman Colt McCoy engineered a come-from-behind victory, this time leading the Longhorns over Texas Tech in Lubbock, 35-31.
"How about the defense making stops like that?" McCoy said to reporters after the game. "That was incredible."
The humble freshman needs to start taking some of the credit. Soon enough, national pundits will be showering him with praise for the Davey O'Brien Award.
Don't laugh, the statistics don't lie.
McCoy is the seventh-best QB in passing efficiency in Division I-AA. McCoy has completed 67.7 percent of his passes for 1,705 yards. Most impressive, he boasts a 24:4 TD-to-interception ratio.
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On Monday, McCoy laughed when a reporter brought up if he should be considered for a more prestigious award.
"There are a lot of other players on this team who should be up for the Heisman," McCoy said.
BCS Breakdown: Forty percent of the Big 12's representation in the BCS dropped out of the Top 25. Despite USC falling from No. 3 to No. 9 in the BCS standings, the Big 12's highest seed, Texas, stayed put at No.7. Oklahoma moved up a spot to No. 18, and Texas A&M stayed at No. 21 after a 31-21 win over Baylor.
Reesing Was Ready: Add Kansas QB Todd Reesing to the list of quarterbacks from the state of Texas who have performed well this year in Division I-A. Paul Thompson, Drew Tate, McCoy, Stephen McGee, Graham Harrell and Chase Daniel are a some of the others. Reesing, an Austin native, threw two touchdowns and ran for another as the Jayhawks outscored Colorado 20-6 in the second half on the way to a 20-15 victory.
The Lane-ding Zone: Texas A&M RB Jorvorskie Lane found the end zone for the ninth game this season, and 10th game in a row, in the Aggies' win against Baylor. Lane is tied with Clemson RB James Davis as the second-leading scorer in the nation with 17 rushing TDs. "I never thought a person that big could have feet the way that he has," A&M freshman Michael Goodson, a 192-pound speedster who was the state's top running back recruit last year, told AggieSports.Com. "He can move like me in and out of the holes." Yes, shades of Jerome Bettis.
A Look Ahead: All 12 teams play this weekend, with the game of the week being a showdown at Kyle Field with the Aggies hosting the Oklahoma Sooners (WagerWeb.com line: OU -3)…. Oklahoma State looks to pull its second straight upset this week as the Cowboys take on the Longhorns in Austin (WagerWeb.com line: UT -17)…. A meaningful matchup in the North Division this week with Nebraska hosting Missouri (WagerWeb.com line: Nebraska -6)…. Iowa State hosts Kansas (-1) in a matchup of bottom-dwellers in the North…. K-State heads to Colorado (-3.5), and Baylor (QB without Shawn Bell) heads to Texas Tech.
