Colt McCoy to have # retired????

[EstablishedSooner1967]

Are you serious? Was he that good in college? Does he belong with these retired #s at ut? He has no Heisman or NC (that he contributed in) No real outstanding big game?

Earl Campbell (No. 20)
Bobby Layne (22)
Tommy Nobis (60)
Ricky Williams (34)
Vince Young (10).

[picasso]

Look at what they've done without him.

[sooner518]

he only won the most games in the history of college football. thats it.

[soonercastor]

their jersey numbers their problem

[bmjlr]

he only won the most games in the history of college football. thats it.

^^^^^^^^^

[tcrb]

he only won the most games in the history of college football. thats it.

For a QB.....right?

[Lawton4Life]

he only won the most games in the history of college football. thats it.

That's a slippery slope because you have to be good enough to start early in your career, but not good enough to leave early.

[ZoonerMagic]

Texas obviously has a looser definition of 'football greatness'... Not surprising...

[tcrb]

Texas obviously has a looser definition of 'football greatness'... Not surprising...

I dont know, Zooner. He was a Heisman finalist, beat us 3 out of 4 years, and won 1 Conf. Championship. Took the whorns to the big dance last year and won the other 3 bowl games he played in. Pretty accomplished player. I dont know if that's worthy of his number being retired, bit a pretty good college resume in any case.

[NormanPride]

He should have Shipley's # retired.

[Tulsa_Fireman]

He should have the permanent ballsack dent in his chin retired.

[85sooners]

Retire macks #

[badger]

whorn also retired Kevin Durant's, despite the fact that KD played all of one season for whorn . He's played more for Oklahoma than he has for Texas. No wonder he's such a gentleman :D

[ZoonerMagic]

I dont know, Zooner. He was a Heisman finalist, beat us 3 out of 4 years, and won 1 Conf. Championship. Took the whorns to the big dance last year and won the other 3 bowl games he played in. Pretty accomplished player. I dont know if that's worthy of his number being retired, bit a pretty good college resume in any case.

If we started retiring numbers for QBs who had won 1 conf. championship, we'd have QBs wearing jersey #'s in the 40's... :)

[85sooners]

If we started retiring numbers for QBs who had won 1 conf. championship, we'd have QBs wearing jersey #'s in the 40's... :)

:D

[Collier11]

I dont have a problem with it

[Okie35]

That's a slippery slope because you have to be good enough to start early in your career, but not good enough to leave early.

They should retire Shipley's before his. I can't even count on one hand how many times he bailed him out.

[badger]

I checked UT's site - they are retiring his jersey, not the number. The Packers retired Reggie's jersey a few years back and not his #92 number, because the NFL frowns on that (because rosters are so gigantic) and I imagine college football is the same way. A lot easier to retire a number when you only have a dozen guys on a basketball team or something.

btw, Case McCoy's number is 6... possible because he's half the QB Colt was? ;)

[AlboSooner]

what about shippley his roommate? did you know their dads were college buddies as well?

[Jboozer]

He should have Shipley's # retired.

together, like they are holding hands, just like in life.

[TahoeSOONER]

Good for Colt, well deserved.

[Sooner_Tuf]

I figured it was because he is probably going to die this weekend. :pop:

[ZoonerMagic]

I figured it was because he is probably going to die this weekend. :pop:

Is he still getting his NFL start...?

[jumperstop]

Is he still getting his NFL start...?

Looks that way.

[JLEW1818]

he only won the most games in the history of college football. thats it.

too bad that record will be broken next season. Making it meaningless for Colt.

[SouthFortySooner]

Texas obviously has a looser definition of 'football greatness'... Not surprising...

Correct use of loose SPEK!

[Soonermagik]

he only won the most games in the history of college football. thats it.

Impressive if they hadn't scheduled Rice, Wyoming, McNeese State etc... to do it. :texan:

[swardboy]

Retire macks #

You're getting vocal in your old age. :D

[Boomer.....]

I don't see anything wrong with it either.

[47straight]

OU should also retire all the jersey/number (ghey distinction) of QB's who have a single conference title under their belt.

[Lawton4Life]

OU should also retire all the jersey/number (ghey distinction) of QB's who have a single conference title under their belt.

Future qbs would have to wear numbers in the 90s!!!

[tcrb]

Hey, winning a conference championship is a real achievment for the whorns.

[Seamus]

C'mon. Don't let your hatred for saxet blind you to what McCoy achieved. I would gladly push the launch button to turn Austin into a 10,000-year half-life crater, but Colt was a freaking warrior.

If you can't admire the way that kid played, then you truly don't appreciate college football.

I would have loved to have had Colt as a Sooner. He would've made one helluva backup for Sam.

[badger]

Hey, winning a conference championship is a real achievment for the whorns.

especially in the big 12 :D

OU: 6

whorn: 3

doh! :P

[thurman murman]

I figured it was because he is probably going to die this weekend. :pop:

:D

[starclassic tama]

too bad that record will be broken next season. Making it meaningless for Colt.

who is on pace to break it next season?

[Scott D]

Is he still getting his NFL start...?

lol against Pittsburgh no less.

[soonercastor]

He would've made one helluva backup for Sam.

:pop:

[Seamus]

Last rites to be administered at halftime ...

[Sooner_Tuf]

Mack announced they would be retiring Jordan Shipley's jersey along with Colt McCoy's.

"Jordan's jersey will be displayed inside Colt's jersey to be representative of the time the boys spent on the forty acres. Hopefully this will also address the whole pitcher/catcher question that is on all Longhorn Fans minds".

Jordan's response? "Tight"

[SoonerAtKU]

I understand the sentiment that they want to honor a great player, but what exactly does it mean to have his "jersey retired" if they're not retiring the actual number? Of course he's not going to wear it again, he's out of eligibility, so there's nothing to "retire" that wasn't already done automatically.

If you want to say that you are going to "proudly display" or "honor" his jersey, that's a different thing, and completely understandable.

[baja okla]

Maybe they can retire his number with an * by it?

[TMcGee86]

So if they aren't retiring his number and instead just retiring his jersey does this mean his little brother has to get a new last name?? :confused:

[cjames317]

Here's a killer comment about that from shaggybevo.com:

"1 conference championship is the threshold. So we will run out of numbers in around 1000 years on Mack's current pace."

Talk about a daily dose of reality!

[fwsooner22]

Colt was awesome but VY jersey retired first or I'd play the race card.

[kelloggOUballa]

They are retiring his jersey/number. It's the same thing, at least in this case. The NFL deal might be different. Nowhere in the article did it say that his number would still be in use, and if you look at the past retired jerseys, they are not worn by anyone on this year's team. That would be some coincidence...

[Collier11]

CFN says it perfectly

It would be one thing if Colt McCoy had the career he had at Texas Tech or Kansas, but getting a jersey retired at Texas is a whole other world. In general, to get your jersey hanging in the rafters never to be worn again, you need to either be the signature guy in the history of the program (which McCoy isn’t), you needed to have won championships, and you need to be in the discussion of the 100 greatest players to ever play the game.

McCoy might be the all-time winningest quarterback in college football history, but it’s not like David Greene’s No. 14 was retired at Georgia for that (and Kellen Moore will soon take over that honor, anyway). McCoy was a peerless role model and citizen, but, arguably, his most important win came last year when he spent the entire game with Ndamukong Suh sitting on his head. He didn’t win any national titles, didn’t win the Heisman, and he only came up with one Big 12 title. Texas should have three retired football jerseys: No. 60, No. 20, and No. 34. I’ll accept No. 10, but in my world, a player needs to stick around for his entire career to put the number out to pasture. A true Texas legend doesn’t want to leave the school no matter how much the outside world is offering him.

[Scott D]

Collier, using that logic, they need to retire #4, because even in the NFL that guy still think's he's in Austin.

[BetterSoonerThanLater]

If we started retiring numbers for QBs who had won 1 conf. championship, we'd have QBs wearing jersey #'s in the 40's... :)

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