Monday, August 21, 2006

The Real McCoy



Although I'm not much of a Hook 'Em Horns fan, the fact that their starting QB is named Colt McCoy, perhaps one of the All Time football names, is worth noting. He's even got his own Wikapedia entry.

Over his career, he completed 536-of-849 passes (63.1%) for 9,344 yards and 116 TDs. He ranks as the all-time leading passer in Texas Division 2A history and is fourth overall in Texas high school history.


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Top Ten Fantastic Finishes is worth a read through simply for nostalgia's sake.

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How about that? Cory Lidle walks 5 in 6 shutout innings and gets the victory by a narrow 2-1 margin completing an incomprehensible FIVE GAME SWEEP at Fenway for the Yankees which extends their AL East lead to a season-high 6 1/2 games over the Red Sox. They outscored the Sox 49-26.

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The job status of Bryant Gumbel, scheduled to be the play-by-play broadcaster on the eight late-season games on the NFL's in-house network, could be the subject of a discussion by NFL officials after Gumbel's suggestion that Paul Tagliabue show his successor "where he keeps Gene Upshaw's leash." Ouch.

Tagliabue's response: "What Gumbel said about Gene Upshaw and our owners is about as irresponsible as anything I've heard in a long time."

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