COLT BREAKS THROUGH ANOTHER LEVEL OF GREATNESS
By mark rogers
January 8, 2009
When Colt McCoy was a junior in high school, his Jim Ned Indians played for a state championship. They played it in Ennis on Graham Harrell's high school field, and Colt did not have his best game.
In a season which Colt dominated opposing defenses and looked untouchable. He threw some interceptions and did not look like himself. Jim Ned lost. They were so close.
A little over a year later, the Jim Ned basketball team met state-ranked Kountze in the state championship game.
They fell behind early but rallied late and had a chance to win. Colt had a costly turnover late in that game and the Indians lost a heartbreaker. The game was played in Austin and there were rumblings of the incoming freshman QB and how he performed in big games.
Obviously premature and not comparable...but rumblings still the same.
Now, I'm not saying those losses were all Colt's fault. No way was that the case.
All I'm saying is that at the season's end when Colt was on the biggest stages of his high school career, he didn't have his best games.
And Colt hadn't been in that position since high school...until Monday night.
Wins over Iowa and Arizona State in the Alamo and Holiday Bowls don't count because those games really meant nothing in the grand scheme of things.
And big wins over OU and OSU this year don't count either because they were mid-season when anything could still happen...the pressure wasn't on completely.
On Monday against Ohio State in a BCS Bowl, the Fiest Bowl, Colt broke through the final barrier of what might be the greatest career for a QB in Texas history.
He drove his team the length of the field in under two minutes against one of the best defenses in all of college football and won a game that could possibly earn the Horns a share of the national title - although not likely.
And he made it look easy.
I'll have to admit...I was a little worried before that drive. I reminded my wife about the high school games and told her that this was his chance to shine on a big stage.
And it doesn't get much bigger than a BCS game, on national TV, in prime time and winning the Bowl MVP trophy.
Colt is 3-0 in bowl games and (if he comes back next year, which he probably will) will go down in history with every QB team-record you can come up with.
He has proven his greatness on this level. Something many college QBs never get a chance to do.
I'm glad I found that little plastic football that Colt signed for me when he was a senior at Jim Ned. Next to his name and number he wrote..."hook 'em."
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