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Big 12 insider: McCoy shooting to top charts


Texas QB Colt McCoy is on the brink of  setting a record for most games won.
L.G. Patterson
Texas QB Colt McCoy is on the brink of setting a record for most games won.
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It takes early stardom, plenty of team achievement and a healthy body to present Colt McCoy his opportunity for history in a few weeks.

If Texas beats Central Florida on Saturday, McCoy will rack up his 41st triumph as a starting quarterback. Baylor visits Austin the following weekend and the home finale against Kansas will be played on Nov. 21.

Win those and McCoy will have more wins than any quarterback in major college football history.

The all-team leader is David Greene, who went 42-10 as Georgia’s quarterback from 2001-04.

With Texas’ victory at Oklahoma State last weekend, McCoy passed Peyton Manning, who went 39-6 at Tennessee in a career that ended in 1997. McCoy is 40-7.

And if Texas wins the Big 12 South and Kansas State takes the North, McCoy will have the opportunity to meet the only Big 12 team he’s never defeated (0-2).

To Texas coach Mack Brown, McCoy has reestablished Heisman Trophy credentials.

“The way he’s played the past couple of weeks, he’s right back in the middle of the Heisman race,” Brown said.

In road victories over Missouri and Oklahoma State, McCoy completed 42 of 52 passes (81 percent) with four touchdowns and one interception. He should have a big day Saturday. Central Florida ranks 85th in pass efficiency defense.


1. KANSAS AT KANSAS STATE (11:30 a.m. on Versus): The Wildcats are perfect at home, their final three quarters at Oklahoma last weekend showed grit and mental toughness and they lead the North Division. So why are they a betting underdog to a Kansas team that has lost three straight and is winless in Big 12 road games? They shouldn’t be. K-State’s advantages: kick return game with Brandon Banks and return game overall, opportunistic (turnover creating) defense. KU advantage: Passing game with an expectation of improved performances from Todd Reesing, Dezmon Briscoe and Kerry Meier, and Reesing must be better at quickly finding targets.

2. OKLAHOMA AT NEBRASKA (7 p.m. on Chs. 2, 9): The sides have talked about making this game an annual affair but Big 12 scheduling policy would have to change. Terrific defenses collide in this prime-time contest. The Cornhuskers rank second in total defense and lead the Big 12 in pass defense. Oklahoma is second in rushing defense. College football’s best defensive tackles — the Huskers’ Ndamukong Suh and the Sooners’ Gerald McCoy get to show their stuff. Nebraska couldn’t move the ball in the second half last week against Baylor. What’s going to happen against this formidable defense?

3. OKLAHOMA STATE AT IOWA STATE (2:30 p.m. on Chs. 2, 9): Quarterback Austen Arnaud will be back for the Cyclones after missing the last two games with a bruised throwing hand, and Iowa State would get a huge boost if Reggie Stevens returns. He’s the starting center who underwent an appendectomy on Oct. 28 and figured to miss two or three weeks. It may only be one. Running back Alexander Robinson should be stronger as he recovers from a groin injury. Oklahoma State is coming off a crushing home loss to Texas but is fighting to stay in BCS contention. Zac Robinson is coming off a four-interception game, but he’s facing one of the lowest-rated pass defenses in the Cyclones.

4. TEXAS A&M AT COLORADO (12:30 p.m. on Fox College Sports Central): The Aggies are on a nice roll, with a two-game winning streak after the disaster at Kansas State. The keys? The offense has picked it up with quarterback Jerrod Johnson, and end Von Miller continues to be a beast at the hybrid end/linebacker, but don’t discount motivation. Nothing is working in Boulder. Sophomore running back Darrell Scott, the prized recruit two years ago, announced he’s transferring, probably to UCLA. Plus, coach Dan Hawkins had to explain another demoralizing loss, this one at home to Missouri.

5. BAYLOR AT MISSOURI (1 p.m., no TV): A Missouri game won’t be televised for the first time since last year’s Baylor game, and a viewing audience will miss the Tigers likely becoming bowl-eligible for a fifth straight year. If they’re invited it will be a school-record fifth straight bowl game. Look for the Mizzou defense to have a solid day.

6. CENTRAL FLORIDA AT TEXAS (11 a.m. on Fox Sports KC): This game came about in November when the Longhorns and Texas Tech moved their meeting to September. The Earl Thomas push for postseason honors came from Mack Brown this week. “He’s playing as well as any defensive back in the country,” Brown said.

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