Apologies, forgot about that. In any case, missing a bunch of games with an injury is very different from McCoy's case, where he played every game and there obviously was no long term issues coming into the game. And as someone else said, McCoy and Texas beat a healthy Bradford and a better OU team the year before.
But in the one series that Bradford played in the OU-Texas game, he looked much sharper than Colt did at any point in that game. I don't see how it matters much that Landry Jones had already played some, he wasn't going to play on the same level as Bradford, just as Gilbert wasn't going to play on the same level as Colt.
Uhh, Bradford threw one decent pass to a running back who then broke tackles and got 60 yards. He then threw a couple of wobbly incompletions, had to settle for a field goal, and got himself sacked and hurt on the next play. And just because Jones didn't play like like the defending Heisman Trophy winner doesn't mean he was terrible. There is a range between great and terrible, I don't see how you don't understand playing several games would help.
exactly what i say. colt staying in gives texas at least a 10-0 lead and bama would be forced to abandon their "run the ball into the ground" gameplan they clearly reverted to after mccoy was ousted. they were NOT going to have a successful passing game against that Texas D.
But if you think that since Landry Jones had played some already that the difference between him and Bradford wouldn't be enough to change the outcome of a 3 point game, then I don't know what to tell you other than to take off the burnt-orange sunglasses.
Oklahoma had 7 points on the board when Bradford was hurt near halftime against BYU. This wasn't the same OU offense that put 60 on people. Without an all-world line giving him days in the pocket, a great group of receivers and one of the best tight ends in the country, Bradford was nowhere near as dangerous as the previous year. He would have made a difference, but having to rally around a freshman quarterback after McCoy, who had never missed a start, went out is simply not the same thing as going back to Jones, who had already started several games. You can talk about the BYU game in that light, although OU wasn't going anywhere in that game while Texas was moving on Bama, but not this one.
I'm not sure when moes starting sitting at the bigtexxx, Vinsanity, and PointForward table... but one of my favorite posters on the board has seemingly joined those three in his analysis in this thread.
I don't like throwing the word "hater" around because it's usually just a lame cop-out term for someone who doesn't have an argument but Moes really has begun to enter "hater" territory. It's quite sad. I don't know how anyone can't like Colt McCoy, at least as a human being. The guy gives his all for his team and is as humble as can be off the field. Watch his post game interview with Lisa Salters for a lesson in how to lose with class.
After all is said and done, I'm fairly confident when unbiased sources review world history from the past 1000 years, Colt McCoy will be considered 10 times more evil than Hitler.
Ya not sure where the animosity is coming from. Colt seems like a great kid. Was super skinny coming out of hs and beat out the higher profile recruit. He works hard which is enough for me to respect him as a player. It'll take a while before we know how he will translate into the NFL since he'll probably be on the bench for a yr or two. I'm sure he'll project better than Simms. This isn't Tech so the system QB mess is just stupid.
No, Bama went conservative with the lead knowing they could handle the freshman QB. If Colt were in, I'm sure they'd try to run the score up to assure a win and not just rely on their D.
Then why are you spending so much time spouting your nonsense in CF threads? Your hate is noted. Move on since you think it's stupid in general. Leave your apartment for a few hoursa day and quit trying so hard to be the keyboard gansta.
How do you run up the score when you have one more completion (six) than sacks (five)? Running the ball was THE Alabama offense. Take away the pick six and two late touchdowns from turnovers deep in the UT half, Alabama only scores 17 points, and all those drives came in the middle of the 1st half, when the Texas offense could not get a first down to give the D a break and every Bama drive started at the 40 or better. Put in McCoy and Texas has a two possession lead and an offense that can move the ball and give the D a break, not to mention forcing Bama to throw against probably the best secondary in the nation and a pass rush that was destroying the offensive line. Someone would be running up the score, but it wouldn't be Alabama.
