GAME FACE ON
I put the accompanying Associated Press photo by Harry Cabluck into the UT/Missouri slideshow this morning, but I wanted to make sure you saw it.
Look at the game faces that Colt McCoy, Mack Brown and Major Applewhite have on - especially Colt ... that look in his eyes.
This was sometime during the second quarter when the rest of the country was being introduced to him. Not just another pretty face on the cover of Sports Illustrated, huh?
But if I were Mack Brown, I'd bury that Missouri game ball right next to the OU one. I wouldn't be surprised if the OSU Cowboys have done something with the Baylor ball. OSU didn't blow out Baylor as much as some might have thought, but you have to remember that some of them were looking ahead to the Texas game. Considering that, they did awfully good.
The Longhorns have proven they're good at not looking back or looking ahead, but this is going to be their toughest game of the year so far (even counting OU). The Cowboys won't be in semi-shock like the Tigers were after suffering their first defeat. They have a chip on their shoulders, wanting to show the nation they shouldn't be overlooked. They're mad.
The good news for Burnt Orange Nation is that their quarterback thrives on and lives for these kinds of games.
You notice, I didn't mention the "H-word" once.
Colt is way too busy keeping his game face on to worry about posing.