AHH! THAT'S BETTER
By Danny Reagan / Abilene, Texas
I've updated the stats and the slideshow.
You have to see the Associated Press slideshow photo of Mack Brown holding his head as the talks to Colt McCoy after a second quarter interception against TCU. It's priceless. If Colt wasn't already a God-fearing person, that look would put the fear of God in him, for sure.
Colt has now played in 15 games for the Longhorns. Of the 13 he was playing in at the end of the game, 6 of those were contests he led his team back from a deficit. There may be someone out there right now with a better "come-from-behind percentage" (46%), but I don't know who it is.
Here are some quotes from Colt found at mackbrown-texasfootball.com:
On coming out in second half: I have to give credit to our defense and our offensive line. They hung in there and they fought. TCU is a great football team. One of the interceptions was a great play and that’s exactly where I’m supposed to go with the ball. They blitzed from the weak side and I had a sight with Limas (Sweed) and they started blitzing all the way and jumped up and took my ball. I have to give him credit; that was an amazing play.
On the reverse call on the fumble: That reverse was big. I knew I was down. TCU brought a blitz again, they were in my face and I had to run and get out of it. I’m glad the referees overturned it because that was a big turning point for us. We were inside the 20 and we had to get points on the board.
On the TCU defense: They have some great players and they came in here ready to play. They gave it all they got and I give them the credit.
On Texas’ offense line: I felt comfortable in the pocket. I felt like they really meshed and really jelled. And I give them the credit because without them, the comeback wouldn’t have happened.
Also, here's what Mack said about Colt:
"I thought he played well and read behind his pads. Anytime you play a team that is doing as much blitzing that we have seen in the last two weeks, really, one game is going to be a little bit of hit or miss. I told the TV people on Thursday that what I thought one of the keys to the game was to be able to stay to two-dimensional throughout, no matter what was happening, and we were able to do that. As the game wore on and our guys got into a better rhythm, you have to mention Chris Hall. He played every offensive position tonight on the line except left tackle. When [Adam] Ulatoski went down, we took Chris Hall and said very limited snaps during camp on left tackle and he went out there a did a heck of a job. I think it was really important for us to stay two-dimensional."