I saw a headline today at espn.com that says "Texas QB McCoy leads finalists for Heisman".
Well, I watched the Big 12 Championship Game and I charted the passes of Colt McCoy out of that infamous spread offense. Here is what I found:
Passes behind the line-of-scrimmage: 11-11 for 59 yards. 0 TD & 0 INT.
Passes over the line-of scrimmage: 9-25 for 126 yards. 0 TD & 3 INT. (0-2 on passes over 20 yds from l.o.s.)
So just remember that when considering how impressive it is that he completes ~70% of his passes. I have nothing against the guy - but I'm not at all certain he merits a first day pick in the 2010 NFL Draft.
Here are some other observations for the weekend in college football:
Is Eric Mangini running the Nebraska offense? That was pathetic!
Ndamakong Suh is a beast!
Demaryius Thomas of Georgia Tech had another long touchdown reception (70 yards). Thomas is averaging 25.1 ypc and has 9 catches of 50+ yards. I am very curious if he'll declare for the draft and what type of 40 time he'll run (www.nfldraftscout.com is projecting/predicting/reporting -not sure which- that he'll run ~4.59 and go in either the 1st or 2nd round).
C.J. Spiller was very impressive this weekend. Mel Kiper projects him to go mid 1st round. It's too bad - as he would make a good complement to Kevin Smith for the Detroit Lions.
As good as Spiller looked... I'll say it again. If there is one back in college football who really looks to be a future NFL franchise back - it's Trent Richardson from Alabama. Mark Ingram (my vote for the Heisman) is better now - but Richardson has the higher upside. I guess it's like Thurman Thomas and Barry Sanders back at Oklahoma State in the late 1980s.
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