BACK HOME
By Danny Reagan / Abilene, Texas
The Longhorns supposedly had all kinds of trouble OFF the field as well against the University of Central Florida over the weekend.
Mechanical problems with the plane and one of the buses led the list, but now they're back in the bosom of the Lonestar state.
Here's what Colt McCoy said after the hard-fought victory over the Knights:
"It was a tough environment for us to play. I give them credit, they stuck with it ... There were a lot of opportunities and chances for us to score points. We have to figure out a way to get the ball into the end zone when we are down in the red zone."
Everyone's talking about how Colt's stats aren't as good as they were last year, but compared to the first three games last season, he's doing pretty good. Of course, Ohio State skews the numbers somewhat.
UT was 2-1 after three games last year, and 3-0 now. Colt rushed for 29 yards on 12 carries during the first three games of 2006 and now he's totaled 85 yards on 22 rushes.
He was 38-of-69 (64.4%) for 456 yards last year, while going 79-of-118 (66.9%) for 721 yards so far in 2007.
That sounds better than last season, right? But the numbers everyone's pointing to are not - 6 TDs and only one INT last year after three games, while he has 4 TDs and 5 picks so far in 2007.
I think the cure for that is a heaping helping of home-cooked Rice.
Mack's Monday Press Conference
"Colt [McCoy] made a (UT) record 32 completions for the ball game. The best we ever had."
"We were behind them twice and they pulled us down both times and those don’t count as deep balls. Limas' [Sweed] catch was really close and it was overruled. There was another deep ball to Nate [Jones] and he jumped up and had a chance and they intercepted it. We will keep throwing it deep."