Seriously, is "Colt McCoy" a made up name just so he could play for University of Texas?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

I half expect to find out his birth name was Issac Schmilwitz or something like that.

[skypilot]

1. If the football thing doesn't work out...

...he can always get into porn with a name like that.

[Brother Buzz]

2. Daniel "Colt" McCoy is a dream developed by his father

His father coached him in high school football. He pushed and molded him, not unlike Eldrick "Tiger" Woods' father did.

[jobycom]

10. Pretty much. Like a lot of QBs.

The Mannings, Favre... A lot of QBs in the pros had coaches for fathers.

[gratuitous]

16. That worked out great for Todd Marinovich, too

While there is something to the gene pool lottery, there's also quite a bit of credence to be lent to the brain cell lottery. "Gattaca" should be required viewing for parents who think their kids are going to rise to the top based on genetics alone.

[KamaAina]

3. Not even the best recent college QB named Colt

that'd be Colt Brennan of Hawai'i. Of course, his big game turned into an EPIC FAIL, too. :(

Good thing the Indianapolis NFL Franchise already has a QB. Otherwise, they might be tempted to sign one of them, or perhaps both... :scared:

[jobycom]

8. It's a shame the nation didn't get to see him play.

He's freaking awesome. No one who saw him play would claim Brennan was better. His line let him down in the Nebraska game, and he got injured in this game, but he could do it all. He holds the NCAA record for passing accuracy in a season and a career, he has the highest win total of any NCAA QB--he averaged 11 wins a season his whole career. Texas has bad coaching, an average offensive line, and no running game. The only reason they were so dominant for the last four years was McCoy.

But Texas is an island away from the media markets on the two coasts. People look at the stats, and usually overrate Texas as a team, and underrate some of its players. No one knew how great Vince Young was until they saw him in the Rose Bowl, and they similarly ignored Colt McCoy. He was at least as good as Young, though in different ways.

No idea if he'll make it in the pros. He's a little small, but he's not Flutie small. On the other hand, he's always underrated, so maybe he can. I'd love to see the Texans get him, just for the name. Colt McCoy leading a team in a city where the Colt 45s used to play. It's just too good a marketing strategy. :)

[insanity]

4. it's a great porn-star name

[rcrush]

5. Didnt they have a guy named Major Applewhite a few years ago?

[jobycom]

9. Yeah. He's a coach for the team now. He was Saban's offensive coordinator in Bama, too.

Major was his real name, too. :)

[rcrush]

12. All I remember is he showed up where I worked once

Was very rude. A real douche bag. Apparently because I didn't know who he was and didn't give him free food.

[jobycom]

13. I'd heard rumors he was a bit of a jerk at times.

He was a great QB for Texas, but when Mack Brown was hired, Brown recruited Chris Simms. Applewhite had been a great starter--a lot like Manning, where he thought his way through games and studied the tapes more than the coaches did. He had a lot of miracle wins, so he was popular. However, in his senior year Brown started Chris Simms instead of Applewhite, even though Applewhite was better. He gave a lot of reasons, but it boiled down to the fact that he had made promises to Chris's dad, Phil Simms, so he started Chris. A lot of people--me included--think that was the best team Texas had under Brown, and that we'd have won a championship if Applewhite had played the whole season.

They finally let him start his final bowl game, the 2001 Holiday Bowl, and he won it 47 to 43 in a classic shootout. He's a legend at UT.

But I have heard others say he was a jerk to "lesser mortals."

[MrCoffee]

25. Wow did you nail it dead on

Major was always a better QB than Lil' Simms.

[Tikki]

6. I believe Sarah Palin named him....

Tikki

[Orsino]

7. Obscure state law.

At retirement age, he's allowed to drink water and lock up the six-guns at night.

[jobycom]

11. No, but a little bit yes.

Colt was a nickname his father gave him, so it wasn't just to play for Texas. On the other hand, his father was really caught up in the whole mystique around the state. McCoy was born when his family was visiting Hobbs, New Mexico (right across the state line), and his father was so upset he wasn't born in Texas that he started telling people he had brought a jar of Texas dirt with him and put it under the hospital bed so Colt could be born "on Texas soil." It was probably just a story.

Anyway, that's the kind of climate he grew up in, in a small town out in west Texas, and his father coached him to play QB, so probably he knew that Colt would sound cool if he played at Texas. But it wasn't a marketing ploy by the college or McCoy, or anything like that.

More than you ever cared to know. You just hear a lot of stories about the guy around here. :)

[Fleshdancer]

14. wow, his father sounds very weird. n/t

[jobycom]

15. Just small-town Texan. You know the type, they like to spin yarns. nt

[Brother Buzz]

19. Even after meeting his son in the locker room and returned to the stands, he looked weird

He knew his son was out for the game, but not seriously hurt, yet he looked like he was stewing in his juices, obsessing over the fact his boy was out of the biggest game of his career and calculating how it would affect the NFL contract.

[Fleshdancer]

20. I'm glad I wasn't the only one to pick up on his anger

He really did look like he was ready to punch someone.

[LeftinOH]

17. That's a classic "daddy wants a football player" kind of name.

[rurallib]

18. After Major and Colt who's on deck? Name the next Texas QB!

I'll start with Six-gun Gibson.

[mikeytherat]

21. Let's start a list:

Tank Panzer
Stud Hire

mikey_the_rat

[Abies]

22. I'll play. How about "Shooter Williams"

[trof]

24. I know a 'Hoot' Gibson.

He's a pilot, not a football player.

[old mark]

23. It's a Texas name, son. Like The Detmer brothers, Ty and Koy, both

former NFL quarterbacks and skater Jojo Starbuck, who has a Texas name despite having been born in Alabama.

mark

[trof]

26. I always liked Kenny "The Snake" Stabler. Recent photo:

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

According to published reports , Stabler was arrested for DUI in Robertsdale, Alabama. The arrest occurred at approximately 1:00 AM just off of Highway 59.

Stabler has long been a notorious drinker. Once when asked about his divorces he reasoned, "All I wanna do is drive around in my truck and drink Jack Daniels... and they just don't understand." Again, no shock. It should be pointed out that this is Stabler's third DUI arrest, his first coming in 1995 and his second coming in 2001 when he was working as the Alabama color commentator.

Considering this is his second DUI offense during his time in the booth, and considering the importance given to both the prevention of alcoholic consumption and DUI's on campuses across the country, this could very well get Stabler in some very hot water with the university.

Stabler was a carefree soul, in the vein of old pros like Bobby Layne and Joe Namath. He was known to study his playbook by the light of a jukebox and for his affinity for female fans. But, as Hall of Fame guard Gene Upshaw said, "When we were behind in the fourth quarter, with our backs to our end zone, no matter how he had played up to that point, we could look in his eyes and you knew, YOU KNEW, he was going to win it for us. That was an amazing feeling."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Stabler