BAD NEWS
LATEST UPDATE: (10:43 p.m. CST) Well, Kansas State won, 45-42, and a return to the BCS championship game will not be in the cards this season for the Longhorns. I'd like to think that if Colt had been in there, it would have been a different story, but the Wildcats were definitely pumped. Hopefully Colt will be back for the Aggies game the day after Thanksgiving.
• (9:52 p.m. CST) After a quick scoring drive, Texas look energized, but after holding KSU, they had to punt. Only seconds left in the 3rd quarter, UT is behind, 42-28, and the cameras just showed Colt on the sidelines in street clothes.
• (9:35 p.m. CST) So much for a chance at the BCS title game. Texas is falling apart. KSU blocks a punt, and a couple of plays later it is 42-21, and the "who's the best one-loss team" question is just about moot.
• (9:28 p.m. CST) The bad news just keeps getting worse. Two fumbles by the Longhorns and the Wildcats scored two TDs in less than a minute to lead 35-21, halfway through the third quarter.
• (9 p.m. CST) Mack Brown has told a sideline reporter that "Colt McCoy is done for the night." Colt is in uniform and standing on the sideline. (Texas tied the game, 21-21, after blocking a punt on the Wildcats' first possession of the second half)
By Danny Reagan / Abilene, Texas
Just in case you're not watching the game, Colt McCoy was injured sneaking over for a touchdown in the first quarter against Kansas State.
He had completed 4-of-4 passes for 51 yards on the opening drive of the game before taking the ball in himself from the one-yard line on a dive. As he crossed the end zone he was hit hard ... a couple of times.
He has been taken into the locker room while Stephenville's Jevan Snead takes over the quarterbacking duties. They haven't mentioned Colt's injuries, but he looks to be hurting in the shoulder and neck area.
But he was up on the sideline and gingerly tossing the ball around before heading to the locker room at the end of the first quarter.
No word on if he'll be back in the game or not.
Update at Halftime: The injury to Colt appears to have inspired Kansas State while at the same time taking the fire out of the Longhorns. KSU leads 21-14, and it's not really that close. The second UT TD was a gift on a weird fake punt call. And the Wildcats get the ball first in the second half.
McCoy alert on AP wire: MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - Texas quarterback Colt McCoy was hurt on a touchdown carry in the first quarter of the fourth-ranked Longhorns' game against Kansas State on Saturday night.
McCoy, who went up the middle from a yard out on fourth-and-goal to put Texas up 7-0, was buried under a pile of defenders on the play.
He was holding his right shoulder after the play and he later left the sideline.
The redshirt freshman, whose 27 touchdown passes this year are a school record and two shy of the NCAA freshman record, was replaced by freshman Jevan Snead.
It was the first action of the year for Snead, who had pushed McCoy hard for the starter's job this summer. He was 0-for-2 and had one carry for 14 yards on his first possession.