Texas Legend Colt McCoy Talks 2010 National Championship, Arch Manning, Texas vs. Michigan & More

light [Music] it all right we're joined this week by two-time Walter Camp Award winner two-time All-American The Man mark your ears are about to perk up the man who finished behind you in the Heisman Trophy race in 2009 the man who finished behind you in the national championship game the BCS championship game had that first quarter shoulder injury Texas Legend Colt McCoy joins us right now Colt man you see Mark Ingram and you hear Alabama do you just like kind of start shaking right now like bad vibes or maybe maybe there's some good memories out there oh man yeah that was that was a tough game you know but uh Mark Ingram is one of my good buddies he's one of the best in the business um he he's he's the man and I knew going into the Heisman in 2009 that I wasn't going to win it and so if I wasn't going to win it I was hoping that Mark would win it and he did hey Stoner Man why you coming in here trying to create this animosity between me and my brother from another you know I mean see I got a Heisman I got a Heisman behind me this week so now I got like this extra Heisman swag it's not yours there's a lot ofan I speak on behalf of the country that's not yours man but no man Cole is the man and uh he thought he was going to win I thought I was going to win it cuz I went to the ESP pin Awards and didn't win one award at least you won some player of the years I didn't win the dop anything I'm like how am I going to go to the Heisman and win the Heisman Trophy when I didn't win one single award at the ESPN award so we were both nervous we both thought we weren't going to win it but you the man and I appreciate you man you always been a first class dude top not individual both on and off the field family and all man so respect is mutual the love is mutual and you my dude too there we go love that love that Cole what are your thoughts on Texas this season heading into this huge showdown in Michigan at the big house you know I think Texas has a great team um you know if there was ever a time for them to make make a move to a conference like the SEC I mean this this would be the year to do it right the quarterback room is is really really topnotch um I think their offensive line is one of the best in the country a lot of returning guys uh they they get a lot of push up front I watched a little bit of their game last week and I I just I think when you move to a conference like the SEC like having that interior play uh be you know really solid and and and have some experience in there goes a long way so um I know they got some tough games coming up especially this week at at Michigan but I think they're they're very well coached and and disciplined and and uh are are excited about this year hey Colt uh you were the backup to Vince Young when you won the national title you see this incredibly talented Arch Manning behind Quinn yers and I I went and watched it this morning before I talked to him man is he good I I heard Rumblings that he was like overrated or something last year he is not I mean he looked really really good so in this era of people transfering leaving here you are you you understudied Vince Young here is Arch Manny understudying Quin what's your thoughts on the progression of understudy than becoming the starter yeah look I mean I don't I think Arch Manning is is the real deal right I've spent some time with him uh obviously he's got the last name the pedigree all those things but the the kid works really really hard he's really smart um and I think you know it's it's a a credit to him for sticking around and and red shirting and and uh you know really kind of buying his time to to be the starter at Texas I mean I look at some of these games from last weekend right Miller Moss the nus me kid I mean if you're if you're a uh a quarterback in college and you know I I would say stay where you are like wait your time learn and grow and like the red shirt year that I had behind Vince like first of all I was not nearly high rated as as Arch nobody knew who I was but the red shirt year was the best thing that ever happened to me I was able to just really learn the system you know I spent a lot of time in the waight room I I was played a bunch of sports in high school so I really wasn't ready for um a full year of college football and that year helped me a ton and uh I just I just look at the quarterbacks that performed the best week one and you know across the board it seems like those were the guys that kind of waited their time like learned the system got coached up and they stepped in there and and played really good and and Quinn Quinn's great too right Quinn's thirdd year in the system playing at a high level and and uh I just I just think that that you know if you're a high school quarterback across the country or or or a recruit or somebody who's kind of stuck in a situation like maybe best option is to stick it out because all you really need to go out there is is play pretty good for a year and you got a chance yeah so um we talked about Texas moving to the SEC what were your initial thoughts when you heard that Texas was going to leave the Big 12 and move to the SEC and how do you think this sets this program up moving forward yeah I mean I heard I heard like rumors Rumblings about you know us changing conferences and I think I just think that our athletic director and and you know our border of regions and kind of the state of college football I think they were a little bit ahead of the game and um you know them in Oklahoma being able to move to the SEC I think kind of started the trend of all the sort of the mega conferences right you know maybe they had some intuition it was going to be this way um because they they announced it like two three years ago right that they were going to do this so they were headed the curve yeah I I think that's right and I think you know the biggest thing for me why I'm excited about the SEC is that you know just looking at the the Texas program right been involved there love love our school you we get to play all of our old rivalries right we get to keep the Oklahoma game playing in the cotton ball we get A&M back that's a that's a huge game for our state it's a ton of fun and then you get the old Southwest Conference rival with with Arkansas back and you get to play those guys every year and you know to me now a fan of Texas football like that's that's a big deal it's going to be a ton of fun to watch Texas Arcana you know what I mean yeah they used to say like they used to say when we would go into Arkansas to play they would put the Texas flag right there in Texas AR canas on 35 everybody had to like drive over the Texas flag I mean it's it's an old bit of rivalry for sure okay okay I like it Cole you just moved to Fort Worth uh try to describe the visuals that you're looking at Beyond this screen Beyond this camera and this interview all right yeah I was giving Mark a hard time I told Mark you know he can come stay in the guest house we could do a little fishing a little hunting when if I'm looking through this screen I'm looking out at the deer feeder that I set out there about 100 yards out there there's it's a little rainy today little foggy but there's several deer out there right now give us a quick head count how how many animals what animals we looking at I actually have about 10 deer bed down around the feeder they're just W off again um they're spoiled over here man Mark City Mark's a city boy do you must a tun in big His Hands in West Virginia he had no idea what he you must ain't seen me on big I was the ghetto fabulous musketeer I mean the Mountaineer I come out there with my musket H give me one of them deers or them turkeys you know what I mean you got twist my arm if you come out here you got to work we ha hey a couple days ago so we still got some round Bells out there who whoa whoa nobody said anything about haul and hay wait a second you said it was a vacation you said guest room you said hanging out shooting deer I'll always Swindle I'll always Swindle you into doing a little bit of work around the a little bass fishing you know I mean something I I I I'll roll a barrel of hay for you one BCS era national champ uh you played in a championship game uh we were part of the 14 playoff Now it's 12 what's your thoughts on the expanded 12 team playoff I think it's awesome I think um right I think there's going to be a lot of teams that have a chance to get in I think there'll be a couple teams that you know win their conference that have a chance to also also get into this 12 team playoff and then the fact that like the first the first games are are are home situations based on your on your seating your ranking um I think it's going to be incredible I think it's great for college football I think you ultimately get you know a fair shake and and competition into who's going to be the national champion and and I honestly wouldn't be surprised if somebody gets hot late in the year maybe they have an injury lose a game or two early but kind of be able to do enough to jump into the playoff and get hot and and maybe come out on top so I think it's going to be really fun to watch and great for college football what do you think about those boys from the south though might it get stuck in Ann Arbor Columbus Ohio or South band in December yeah no that's that's uh that's tough but I mean look like I love college football you know I had some opportunities to to to broadcast some games and um just just the fact that I get to go back to to college ball and watch I mean I I played 14 years but you know every Saturday night was kind of my favorite favorite time was to to to watch all these games and and uh I'm excited about Texas Oklahoma going to the SEC I think there's some great matchups I think there's some also some really good match ups in the Big 10 which is most of the games that that I'm going to be calling on NBC so um man I'm just a huge college football fan and kind of excited about this yeah and you spoke about it man you just retired 14 years congratulations you are legendary you defied all the odds 14 years blessings blessings blessings to my dog now you transferring to the broadcast booth going to be part of NBC The Big 10 coverage what has what are you feeling like man are you are you a little nervous is it like the first time you going to to a game in the NFL or like how you feeling right now man because I just did it last year and now you doing it this year so blessings and health and wealth to you and much success but how you feeling right now man yeah I know I I've got a big game this week in Nebraska uh Colorado game in Lincoln um two two really good teams right you know I you I've watched shadur Sanders the last couple days and all those weapons he's throwing too they are they are deadly um he's got a great feel for for their offense you know he's got four years of experience in college um but they're going into a pretty hostile environment uh and you know on on the flip side Nebraska's you know uh Dominic R not Dominic that's his dad Dylan Rola uh is is is a gunslinger right he he's got some new targets through the transfer portal their offensive line I think has like over 250 starts combined um couple good running backs so I think it's going to be a a really good matchup and a fun time and kind of getting thrown out there in the prime time we'll see how it goes that boy seasoned you hear him already Stoner that boy hey he seasoned a veteran already he learned it from Papa learned it from all his relatives man come on man that boy coat man he a true professional man he's one of those guys speaking of that col you're you're in this Brave New World and when we have a guest with us on uh the show we' like to kind of conclude with offering them the opportunity to ask us a question so the three of us is there anything lurking out there in the back of your brain that you want to know from us yeah I mean if if I'm I'm going to speak to my boy I mean we've been we've been real cordial today but I mean know things happen in games right Alabama Texas I mean what what was it's always like what would have happened I mean what would have happened Mark oh oh I can't what would happened is we still would be in the same position we are today it's much love and you know what I mean but when when you went down we had a we had a plan for you you know what I mean we studied tape we had a plan for you when you went down it threw a wrench our little all what would happen all right col what would have happened I mean I just I think we would have scored some points I think you know Mark probably wouldn't got as much touches because they'd have to spread them out and throw the ball and I you know I we felt pretty good going in that game too I mean you bottom line you got the that bottom line you get a big ring I wish I'm happy for Mark if there was anybody that was going to come out on top you know Mark had a a heck of a career and then transfer translated that into the NFL played a lot of a lot of football a lot of good teams I mean you know every week when we were playing teams that Mark was on you knew he was going to get about 15 or 20 carries and you better buckle up right you got they're going to keep the ball they were going to uh run the clock right just you knew as a quarterback you know playing against them whatever team Mark was on you're going to have to score score points and score we going tote that thing we going tote that thing hey coach but we always talk about those like 809 Florida teams and the and when we went and played them the amount of NFL talent that was on the field it was just insane like the football was just real football back then like it was real college football the amount of players that we played against each other in that the game before in the SC Championship with the same amount of NFL players were on that team US versus Texas man so we knew that like we had to come with it because they had guys on offense they had guys on defense they had Colt who can was a gunslinger putting up a lot of points and we was just able to be the best team that day you know what I mean so I don't know I don't know you know Co was trying to do Co was trying to do his thing you know I mean I mean Marcel Darius at the time was a backup you guys were loading man I mean anybody was on the field just you know they they were they were all going to make make it to the NFL he's the one that hit you right and he one that hit you right the back yeah what was it co it was like a option play like a little option you was turned it up right we call it option to the left the Nick you know Sav and Blitz the nickel off the edge and took the back away so I had to like kind of duck it up in there and as soon as I kind of put my foot down I just they collided with me it just caught me the right it wasn't like a crazy hit it just caught me the right way folded me and just my whole right side just went completely numb and I mean to be fully honest like I've dealt with that injury my whole career it's something that I've had to like stay on top of you know still if I sleep wrong it's like same deal so I'm reminded of that all the time Mr markk well we I love you bro and I'll come out there to the farm I'll go bass fishing with you I'll go get some of them turkeys you got we we family dog you know we ain't going to let the little the little small bump in the rad you know hinder our relationship we Brothers you know what I me no I mean I I mean looking back like that kind of started the the Alabama run right like that was the first of of several national championships and I just hate that it had to be us man hate that had just hey to make you feel better it started with the guy next to you coach Meer it started with him they started the dynasty we got them back and then we went and got y'all so the momentum started when we got them so I won't let you take full advantage I'm gonna give that to him didn't realize Alabama was so generous MCR is such a good friend we used to always dream about getting each other in a national title and you guys wanted I believe 05 we got 06 LSU got 07 we got 08 and then uh the the tide went on their run yes sir from 09 on that that was good times in college football man magical era man real football real football ain't none of that Rudy poop stuff none of that targeting stuff getting ejected you know it was real football if you go across that middle you better know how to get down or your quarterback better not throw you into a collision like it was real deal it wasn't no falling on the quarterback personal foul penalties no it was real deal Holyfield what you going to do no doubt no doubt to that to that point where is college football better and maybe where has it taken a step back compared to your playing days yeah that's that's a great question I mean look I you know I don't want to be one of those old guys me and Mark talking about how good it was back then but you look at you look at you know the you know when I was in college man like there was I think there was seven teams in the top 15 from the Big 12 and so it was it was a grind all those teams were good and the SEC was really good the Florida the Alabam right uh every every week I would watch all these teams that maybe we would get matched up to you know in the in the bowl games and and back then it was based off the BCS right so you were leaving it up to a a Bas basically a point system right we got beat out by we beat Oklahoma my my uh junior year and Missouri and got beat out by both of them because we lost to Tech on a last minute play by like 01 points right he left it up to committee I think the state of college football is a whole lot better with the playoff and now with the 12 team playoff like I would love to be in college football right now and be able to have the chance of like hey look we're going through a season we win our conference or if we we battle through these games and maybe maybe come out 11 and one or whatever we're going to we're getting to the playoff and we get to the playoff it's it's it's everything right like let's let's go and and may the best man win and so I think just the state of that I think you know back then can you imagine if we would have had a a a play a four team playoff or a 12 team playoff there was some ridiculous teams and those whole matchups would have been wild and and really the you know the best team would ultimately come out on top at the end and so I think I think just the playoff system alone is is very beneficial for college and and these teams where's it gotten worse where's it gotten worse I mean I think I think for me it's just looking at the the the transfer portal in the nil you know you look you look across the a game and you know there's guys that have transferred three or four times and then those guys jump into the NFL and they they've moved around four or five times and it's just like you know that I I just hope that somehow I know you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube but I just hope somehow we can keep the integrity and the sanctity of college football it's it's the best in the world right at the fan bases the Traditions the histories like I I hope that like that that doesn't change and you know I think I think so far we're okay but I I just want to make sure that there's uh just some rules in play that like hey let's keep the the traditions and the and the sanctity of this sport as best as we can prediction time Texas Michigan big house Saturday who's winning I mean look I was I I went to Michigan last week I I had like a did a little bit of the broadcast Michigan Fresno State I think I think they're they're a little bit shaky on offense right you know I'm sure their quarterbacks will come along with that was their first experience both of them thought Davis Warren did a pretty nice job look I if we can shut down their tight end coulston Loveland he's he's won a heck of a player he may be the best tight in in the country um you know and score some points right I think I think Texas comes out on top I know their defense is good they're well coach wink Martell coming in from the NFL from the Giants Ravens right he he he has a great scheme he's got a really good defensive line um but you know I think I think Texas is poised to go in there and win and and uh I would take I would take them for sure all right one last prediction cuz we do a deuce Duce dog of the week on the podcast and you going to cover my dog of the week do you think Colorado can go into Nebraska and get the outright upset do you think this is possible Mark hasn't made his pick yet so he's using this as some Insider information yeah all well from a guy who is as well versed as you were I heard you giving me the Scout Port of the game so I'm like I need a little you know a little little something from my boy Cole yeah look I think I think Nebraska is much improved right you look at I watched their game last year Colorado beat him handily right I think they beat him like 35 to7 36 to7 something like that right really of a game Nebraska had no offense I think their off I think Nebraska's offense is is Big Time improved um they they're they're they run a good system they they they're committed to the Run they got two good backs it'll transfer from Oregon's good their offensive line is good but I I mean the thing is like you can't play Man coverage against Colorado right they have they have two or three guys out there that are going to going to be Playmakers in the NFL on Sundays there's no horn and tris Hunter if it gets into a shootout you can't pick you can't go against Colorado right but you look at it's a Prime Time game you know it's it's Colorado's on the road it'll be be pretty rowdy crowd um I I'm I'm expecting it to be a good game but if I was if I was a half to make a pick right now I I would probably say just just off experience you know if if Colorado can can get a few stops on defense they're they can score and and you know I probably I probably lean in Colorado right now yeah that's Mark's sound effect yeah that's not a button we hit that actually comes from his vocal cords and regularly put that dog back Colt McCoy hey man thanks so much for joining us good luck uh in the next venture and and when somebody says hey you're a little shiny up top over here or in the T-Zone just accept the makeup lean into it it's it's for a better cause all right that's right I need that man I'm going have to get clean shave a little little scruffy right now but I'm scruffy it keeps that Texas that Texas Swagger going add a little texture adds a little texture little texture col McCoy everybody thanks Co great catch up with you we love you Cole we love you love you man all right y have a good day [Music]