Friday, 15 October 2010

The real McCoy

Colt, in younger, gayer times
On the weekend when it was announced that the Texas Longhorns will retire Colt McCoy's No. 12, the current incarnation of the kid born with a handful of Texas dirt under his crib is getting his first NFL start.

And it's a doozy.

McCoy will be the starting quarterback for the Cleveland Browns just five short weeks after he was nearly cut. It will unfortunately not come against the Carolina Panthers or St. Louis Rams.

It will be against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The best team in the league. In Pittsburgh.

McCoy will need all his God-fearing, Bible-thumping buddies to send a prayer up to heaven because he might be beat to pulp by the end of the day.

It'll still be interesting. McCoy's always won. In high school and college. He not only won, but he was the dude on every team he's ever been on. But so were every other hotshot quarterback that's come through the NFL. It doesn't always translate. Sometimes it does.