After being in Dallas for the Big XII championship, I still truly feel that Colt McCoy has a legitimate shot at winning the trophy next Saturday in New York. Although he did not have the game a lot of people were expecting, he still scored the only touchdown of the game, and put together big drives in the fourth quarter when UT needed it the most.
Now, I know that I am bias, but there is no way I am that bias. All Colt had to do was not give the heisman away. Granted, after seeing the stats from the Alabama game, and Ingram's stats, I figured the race would be closer than I thought, but I still figured Colt would be the frontrunner if he had a decent game. But it was clear after the first three drives (and two interceptions) that Colt was not in the mood to win it. There was only person on the field that earned a legitimate shot at the Heisman and that was Ndumakong Suh, who was a beast for four quarters. Now Greg Davis did not help UT very much by running slow developing misdirection plays which would end up going right at Suh, but that does not take away from the amazing game that he had. Suh had 12 tackles, six tackles for loss, and an amazing four and a half sacks. But more than just the numbers, the longhorns could not figure out anything that could stop Suh. He was fast, and strong, and dominating through double teams, running back chips, misdirection plays, plays that stretched the field away from him, it did not matter, Suh was in on almost every play. After watching the game, and really paying attention to Suh, if I had a vote for the Heisman, he would get mine hands down.
Now, as happy as I was for Suh, and to see a defensive lineman get some love that they deserve, I am terrified of Alabama's defensive line, and of our offensive line. All three of their down-lineman are big, strong, and physical. None of them have the speed that Suh has, but all of them are bigger and stronger, and will cause a myriad of problems for our offense. Our line better be hitting brick walls for the next month, and use a poor performance against Suh as motivation for the National Championship game. We are going to need those guys to play a lot better if we have a shot at winning two championships in one season.
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