Here are the Colt McCoy quotes from the players' press conference held Monday. You can see quotes from Mack Brown and another players at mackbrown-texasfootball.com.
On finishing out the season without Dallas Griffin: Yeah, it’s tough. I think Dallas has a great relationship on the team, so it’s tough for us just because how much we enjoy being around him and we enjoy playing with him. He’s a fifth-year guy, so he’s been here for a long time and waited his turn. We definitely feel for him and for his family. But I think he’ll be pretty successful because he’s in the business school, so he’ll be all right. But we’ve got Buck (Burnette) and Chris (Hall) who are going to step up and play in there, and they both did a good job on Saturday. So we’ll be all right, but we’re definitely going to miss Dallas.
On receiving the ball from other guys: It’s just different because we haven’t practiced as much with the second and third-team guys because Dallas and I are always together at practice. It will be fine once we work on it a little bit. We had a couple boggled snaps during the game, which I bet made some people nervous, but it will work out. Everybody snaps a little different, everybody has a different way and you know the ball comes in different, so we’ll just have to work on that and practice and it will be fine.
On being especially excited for the Texas Tech game: Every game is a big game in the Big 12, but it is fun to play Texas Tech because I have a lot of friends who go there and most of my high school (class) went to school there. So being able to see those guys and play against those guys is pretty fun.
On this team’s resiliency: I think that really starts with the coaches, the program and what you entrust in yourself when you decide to come here. You’re going to get everybody’s best shot and you’ve got to win football games. You’re expected to win and that’s why we came to play here, but I think it starts with the coaches. And for us to be able to come through with a win in tough times and at the end just shows the determination, the character of this football team and the ability to finish. It’s not just one person, it’s not just the coaches, I think we all come together and expect to win in the end.
On coming from behind to win at Oklahoma State: Well it was really tough for me early on because things weren’t going right. I mean the ball slips out of my hands on the first play of the game, and so just being able to come back to the sideline and have everybody say it was all right and to just keep playing really helped. And then when things aren’t going well at the end of the third quarter and then it was 35-14 at the start of the fourth and still something hadn’t happened, I just went over to the sideline and told everybody, “We just have to make something happen and give the defense something to believe in. Let’s go score. We’re going to win this thing.� And everybody just believed, and that’s what it’s all about. And once we could finally get in groove and get on a roll, those guys started lighting up and it ended up being a lot of fun.
On how he personally overcomes adversity on the field: I just tell myself to not to give up and to stay confident. Honestly the whole game I had a good handle on what (Oklahoma State) was doing and I had studied enough and knowing enough of what they were doing that I felt comfortable out there. I just told myself to keep fighting and make something happen but don’t try to do something spectacular. Once we got on a roll and we got in a groove, those things started happening. It was just a matter of staying confident and believing in myself.
On Coach Brown’s demeanor when the team is behind: I think Coach Brown is one of the most positive coaches that I know. He’s always lifting us up and telling us to keep our heads up even in times like that. I think that’s a prime example of us believing in our coach and him believing in us, and that’s why this team is doing some good things right now.
On RB Jamaal Charles: Jamaal has been big for us offensively, especially in the end (of games). We ran a lot of no-huddle offense (at Oklahoma State) and they kind of got tired in the end and Jamaal stayed strong and made some big runs. He played really well for us and he’s got to continue to do that. I think he’s gotten a lot of confidence back for himself and the offensive line is blocking really well, so he’s going to have to continue to play well for us and I believe he will.
On the Texas Tech team: It’s all about in-state; everybody wants to win the state football games whether it’s (Texas) A&M, Texas Tech, or whoever we play, it’s going to be a battle and it’s going to be a fight. With Texas Tech coming here, they’re explosive and they make a lot of plays, so we’re just going to have to counter that and come out and play strong from the beginning.
On running more: I think the zone-read has helped us a lot. I think it put (Oklahoma State) in a bind a little bit because they had to respect that and respect Jamaal (Charles), and then it opened up the play-action for us in the shotgun. I think we were 8-for-8 off of play-action, and even though one (pass) went to the other team, it was still pretty good. It worked well for us.
On Senior Day: When I think of Senior Day, I think of Nate (Jones), I think of Tony (Hills), I think of all the guys on offense that are going to be gone next year like Billy (Pittman). We all want to go out as a team and fight for them because they’ve contributed so much to this football team, not just this year, but also the past few years. And to know that it is their last home game, I think it is really special and really important to them that we come out and play hard and play well and come out with a win for them. It will be pretty emotional, but that’s what it is all about, so for us to come out there and play with them, play hard and do our best for them is important.
On his relationship with Chris Hall: Chris Hall will light anybody’s day up. He’s such a positive person, he’s always got a smile on and you know you’re going to get his best effort in anything he does whether it’s school, on the field or whatever. And he’s also a great friend to me and to a lot of our teammates.
On his rushing over 100 yards against Oklahoma State: I think it starts with the offensive line; I think they give me a good pocket. And I think a lot of teams have put a lot of effort into putting pressure on us up front, and when I can break through the line of scrimmage and keep my eyes downfield and nobody is open, Coach Brown is always telling me to go make some yards and get some first downs. He’s been kind of telling me to do that kind of stuff and telling me to run the ball instead of always looking downfield, and when I can make a first down with my feet, I should just go ahead and do it. Whatever it’s going to take to move the chains and keep the offense on the field, that’s what he wants me to do. Obviously it worked out pretty well last week because I’ve never rushed for 100 yards in my life, so that was pretty cool.
On the offensive line: They’ve grown a lot and they’ve grown every week because every week different teams try to do different blitzes and (our opponents) look at the film from our previous games and they try some of the same stuff, and we’ve been handling them better every time. Every week they’re growing and getting better and every week I feel more comfortable with them up front and being able to stand in the pocket. Last week (at Oklahoma State), I was able to stand in the pocket a lot on third downs and make some big plays.
No matter what happens in the OU/Missouri game, there are enough big bowls and BCS at-large spots to make the above scenario just about a done deal.
1. The Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, FL) Jan. 1 - The Atlantic Coast Conference's No. 3 (Virginia) will go up against the Big 12's No. 4 (that would be Texas), Notre Dame (not this year!) or the Big East's No. 2 (probably Connecticut). This could happen, but with Texas' loss to the Aggies, Connecticut might be more appealing to those bowlsters.
Except for the "game of inches" football is notorious for (think Oklahoma State), the Longhorns (8-2, 4-2) and the Red Raiders (7-3, 3-3), could have each other's records. If you recall, Tech lost to the Cowboys 49-45, while UT pulled out a 38-35 victory in Stillwater with 0:00 left on the clock. Both of those games could've easily gone the other way.
On "paper," it is a toss-up: Texas has the home-field advantage and a multi-purpose offense which tends to thwart Tech, while Tech has their passing machine going up against a depleted secondary and has a pass-rush defense which will give Colt fits (especially with Dallas Griffin gone for the rest of the season).
Seems that out of the 23 games that Colt has played in (winning 18, losing 5 for a 78.2% winning percentage), the Longhorns have been behind going into the 4th quarter on 9 occassions - four last year and five this year.
Ryan Bailey (shown celebrating his winning kick with Trevor Gerland in this AP photo) has ice water in his veins, and Jamaal Charles wore his magic 4th quarter shoes again. But I have to hand it to McCoy, who finished 20-of-27 for 282 yards and a TD through the air, and another 105 on the ground. 
Despite the fact that they're tied for the Big 12 South lead and have a potent offense, some observers feel they should lose because of Texas' ranking or the fact that OSU's defense is giving up almost 4 touchdowns a game.