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      McCoy hopes to throw at scouting combine

      February 5, 2010 /

      According to Adam Schefter via his Twitter page, Texas quarterback Colt McCoy says that the pinched nerve in his throwing shoulder is making progress and he hopes to throw at the NFL scouting combine in a couple of weeks.

      McCoy suffered the injury on Texas’s first possession against Alabama in the national championship game and he didn’t return. After visiting with the esteemed Dr. James Andrews, McCoy was given a two-week recovery period.

      But if he can’t throw at the combine (which takes place almost two months after he suffered the injury), then red flags about his health will certainly be raised. There was some talk that the type of injury he suffered was career threatening, but if he throws well at the combine, those doubts will obviously be erased.

      McCoy doesn’t have great arm strength as it is, but a good showing at the combine will keep his stock from plummeting as we get closer to April’s draft. Personally, I hope he’s healthy and has the opportunity to compete in the NFL because he showed during his four years at Texas that he’s got great character. The NFL could use more of those kinds of players.


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      UConn upsets #1* Texas, 88-75

      January 23, 2010 /

      *Texas lost earlier in the week to Kansas State, so they wouldn’t have been #1 on Monday.

      It was a tale of two halves for the Huskies, who turned the ball over 16 times in the first en route to an eight-point deficit at halftime. But after three more turnovers in the first three minutes of the second half, UConn didn’t turn it over again in the game. Amazing. How can a team turn the ball over 19 times in 23 minutes and then suddenly figure out how to take care of the ball?

      This ball security led to a 13-0 run for UConn, giving the Huskies a five-point lead that they would never relinquish. UConn outscored Texas 43-22 over the last 14 minutes and change.

      I have watched both Texas losses and it doesn’t seem like they have much of an identity. Verne Lundquist said that they can play any style of basketball, but when the chips were down, they didn’t seem to have a go-to play, or a go-to guy.

      Damion James scored 23 points on 9 of 11 shooting from the field, but only had two attempts in the first 16 minutes of the second half, and both of those were on the offensive glass. Texas didn’t seem to run any plays for its star.

      Jerome Dyson scored a career-high 32 points by getting hot from long range (4-8) in the second half. Kemba Walker added 19 points and 10 assists and Stanley Robinson chipped in with 17 points and 12 boards.

      It is a big victory for the Huskies, who needed a signature win and are still without their coach, Jim Calhoun, who is on medical leave.

      College Basketball, March Madness

      #9 KSU upends #1 Texas

      January 19, 2010 /

      It was an ugly game. Kansas State and Texas shot a combined 38% from the field, 17% from 3PT range and just 54% from the charity stripe, and committed a total of 36 turnovers. But the Wildcats prevailed, 71-62, behind some gritty defense, specifically on the Longhorns’ leading scorer, Damion James, who shot just 3 of 12 from the field and scored just nine points.

      KSU’s coach, Frank Martin, is a Bob Huggins disciple and it shows. Brent Musburger made a big deal about how “animated” and “intense” Martin was on the sideline, but really, when he wasn’t stomping around like a petulant toddler when things weren’t going his way, he was staring down or bitching out his players for one reason or another. I’ll never understand why some coaches lean on public humiliation as a motivational technique. They were players once upon a time…right?

      Anyway, Martin did have his kids playing defense, which led to a big home win. (But they looked wound tight as a knot at times offensively, which might explain the 8% shooting from long range and struggles at the free throw line.) With Bobby Knight doing the commentary, it was fitting that it was a defensive battle, but that didn’t stop Knight from belaboring the lack of movement in KSU’s offense or muttering under his breath every time a poor shot was taken. (“Oh, my…”) Knight is 69 years-old now, and while he has a ton of basketball knowledge to share, it’s like watching a game with grandpa — if you’re grandpa is Bobby Freaking Knight.


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      College Basketball

      Colt McCoy is the epitome of class

      January 8, 2010 /

      The college football gods owe Colt McCoy a massive apology, because what they did to him on Thursday night was extremely cruel.

      On the fifth play of the 2010 BCS National Championship Game, an Alabama defender hit McCoy on his right side and the quarterback’s arm immediately went dead. He motioned to come out of the game and was replaced by freshman Garrett Gilbert for the remainder of the series.

      That was the last time McCoy took a snap for the Texas Longhorns, who eventually fell to Alabama, 37-21.

      It’s not fair what happened to McCoy. You could see how distraught he was while having to watch from the sidelines as his team fought an uphill battle. He came back for his senior year for the opportunity to win a national championship and instead he was forced to be a spectator for his team’s biggest moment. For what he did at Texas and for college football, he deserved more than this ending.

      But even though he was handed the most unfortunate of breaks, McCoy proved to everyone how much character he has. Following the game, he held back tears while talking to ESPN reporter Lisa Salters about having to watch the game from the sidelines. Nobody would have blamed him if he vented his frustrations or talked about how the outcome of the game would have been different had he played.

      But instead, he made it a point of emphasis to congratulate Alabama not once, but twice while wrapping up the interview. And it wasn’t a clichéd, tongue-in-check type of congratulations: It was as sincere as they come.

      McCoy managed to muster the strength to congratulate an opponent that had just benefited from one of his darkest moments. Now that’s class.


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