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Colt McCoy BCS championship post game interview...(Class Act)
youtube ^ | Colt McCoy

Posted on 01/08/2010 9:32:13 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat

video link above. Good kid. Quote to remember in victory or defeat:

I always give God the glory. I never question why things happen the way they do. God is in control of my life. And I know, if nothing else, I'm standing on the Rock.

(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: athletes; bcs; christians; collegefootball; coltmccoy; football; god; religion
yeah, we're used to hearing athletes talk up God. This one, I think, is genuine. jmho.
1 posted on 01/08/2010 9:32:15 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Hate to tell the kid that God doesn’t regulate his performance in football games.


2 posted on 01/08/2010 9:33:44 PM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: pissant

>> Hate to tell the kid that God doesn’t regulate his performance in football games.

You’re missing the point.


3 posted on 01/08/2010 9:41:53 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Eat more spinach! Make Green Jobs for America!)
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To: pissant

He’s talking about what goes on in his head.


4 posted on 01/08/2010 9:43:50 PM PST by skeeter
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To: Recovering_Democrat

....plus he gave his backup, Gilbert, more of pat on the back than he deserved. Class act indeed.


5 posted on 01/08/2010 9:44:37 PM PST by Rockitz (This isn't rocket science- follow the money and you'll find truth.)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Seems like a good kid but I never really doubted that.


6 posted on 01/08/2010 9:44:48 PM PST by jospehm20
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To: pissant
i think God is concerned about all things regarding his children.

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

7 posted on 01/08/2010 9:45:12 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Recovering_Democrat
I never question why things happen the way they do.

Say no mo', say no mo'.

But if we WERE to pose such a question, might we not wonder about the rules meant to limit injuries? This was regarded, no doubt, as a "clean hit", but was it not the same thing as "spearing"? I mean no implication against the defender that made the hit, but I have always felt that there was a wild inconsistency, or incoherence, in the system of rules that penalized utterly innocuous actions on the presumed grounds of "danger", while vindicating actions that result in severe injury as "clean hits". Well, it's a difficult problem, but it results in an absurd dichotomy.

I do have a real question, though, whether the defender's hit was meant as a punishing blow. It appeared that McCoy was held up, and was indeed in a "helpless" position, when the helmet was applied to his scapula. Just the sort of thing that the rules presumably try to proscribe, however ineffectively.

8 posted on 01/08/2010 9:45:27 PM PST by dr_lew
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To: skeeter

With any luck, it will be visions of Crimson Tide


9 posted on 01/08/2010 9:45:41 PM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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His teammates bow and pray, too.

It’s not necessarily they’re praying to win.

Don’t you have football up in Oregon? Oh, wait, you’re too busy growing pot to show up for practice.


10 posted on 01/08/2010 9:51:08 PM PST by txhurl (You asked for it)
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I don’t live in Oregon. But next year my neighbors to the east, the BSU Broncos, will be the National Champs.


11 posted on 01/08/2010 9:53:00 PM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: dr_lew

Football is a violent sport. Bumps, bruises and injuries happen. The players know this going into it. This is not a sport for the weak natured.

Persnally, I’m tired of rules that don’t let the players play the way the game was intended. Pretty soon, the players will get fined for wearing pads.

Colt is a good kid. He represented TEXAS well! His injury was not caused malicously. It’s just football!


12 posted on 01/08/2010 10:22:55 PM PST by Circle_Hook (Keep your powder dry.............You might need it soon!)
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To: pissant

The kid didn’t say that, pissant


13 posted on 01/08/2010 10:40:12 PM PST by sayfer bullets ("...and if it stops moving, subsidize it." - RR)
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Dream on!!


14 posted on 01/08/2010 11:27:25 PM PST by davetex (Arm up, Ammo up, Practice up, We're on our own.)
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To: Recovering_Democrat
From what I hear he is a genuine Christian, but he's in a environment where pride is a temptation. I would agree that he is a class act.

I never question why things happen the way they do.

Maybe he didn't mean it this way, but I don't see a problem with questioning(Matt. 27:46) God, unless it's to the point of rebelling and challenging his authority.

15 posted on 01/09/2010 1:20:25 PM PST by DrewsDad (Seize the false prophets of global warming before they tax us to death)
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To: Recovering_Democrat
Just maybe the reason this happened was so that Colt could say what he did to a large audience on national TV? As a Christian, I take some comfort in that possibility.
16 posted on 01/09/2010 2:47:20 PM PST by LOC1
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Good thought LOCI. I have never been prouder of a Texas Longhorn team or player than I was that night.

Hook ‘em Horns!!


17 posted on 01/09/2010 4:10:39 PM PST by Horn_Dude
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