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Texas' Colt McCoy was sacked in the third quarter. He completed 20 of 36 passes for 184 yards, with 3 interceptions.

As one of the most placid college football seasons in memory winds down, we're nonetheless left with a bunch of very important what-ifs. Like: If today's games don't go crazy, who wins? throws a pair of touchdowns, Earl Thomas picks off a ninth pass and Texas beats an offensively challenged Nebraska , 24-13. runs for a pair of touchdown passes, ...

Colt McCoy dropped to a knee and looked straight down, a hand shielding his eyes.

Texas likely will use double teams on Ndamukong Suh and employ a similar game plan it used against Oklahoma's Gerald McCoy.

Series record: Texas leads 8-4. Last meeting: 2007, Texas 28, Nebraska 25. What's at stake Texas can lock up a spot in the national championship game, something it had no chance at last year because of a last-second loss to Texas Tech and a tiebreaker formula that kept the Longhorns from competing for the Big 12 title.

The new Nebraska , I mean. Nobody wants to mess with the old Nebraska . Since the formation of the Big 12 in 1996, Texas has beaten Nebraska in six of their seven meetings .

Tr Newton will get the start at running back tonight as Texas tries to get its ground game untracked.

Colt McCoy threw for 396 yards and four touchdowns on senior day in his final home game to lead third-ranked Texas to a Big 12 South title and 51-20 victory over Kansas Senior wideout Jordan Shipley caught 10 passes for 108 yards, including a 38- yard touchdown.

Colt McCoy accounted for 479 yards and five touchdowns Thursday, carrying No. 2 Texas to a 49-39 shootout victory over century-old rival Texas A&M. Texas posted a regular-season 12-0 record for the first time in school history and a win in the Big 12 title game next week against Nebraska will almost certainly vault the Longhorns into the national ...

Texas A&M, which hasn't had an All-American on defense in a decade, finally has a defender to brag about.

Colt McCoy fired the cannon. He banged the big drum. Then he left the field to chants of "Colt for Heisman!" There's still plenty of work to do for the quarterback of No.

Now that was a nice spread. Receiving spread, that is. There were appetizers: the short passes.

3 Longhorns defeated the Jayhawks 51-20 here Saturday evening. Kansas drops to 5-6 on the season, including 1-6 in Big 12 play.

Colt McCoy set an NCAA record with his 43rd career victory as a starter, passing for 396 yards as No.

No one covers University of Texas sports like the American-Statesman beat writers.

No. 2 Texas at Baylor , Saturday, Noon ET Line: Texas by 24. Series record: Texas leads 72-22-4. Last meeting: 2008, Texas, 45-21. What's At Stake Texas QB Colt McCoy can tie Georgia's David Greene for most career NCAA victories as a quarterback with 42.

Texas linebacker Roddrick Muckelroy is suffering from a left knee injury, but is listed as probable for Saturday's game at Baylor, according to the team's official injury report.

Horns QB sits out UT's final series. By Mark Rosner AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Sunday, November 08, 2009 Colt McCoy had already set a mark for personal accomplishment, and now Mack Brown had to decide whether to allow his quarterback to take an eraser to the Longhorns' record book.

's teammates realized it probably wasn't going to happen. But as they watched him run amok Saturday in No.

After spending the summer mentally preparing himself to be an integral part of the Texas Longhorns' success, James Kirkendoll thought his happiness would go hand-in-hand with that of the rest of his team.