Colt McCoy, WTF?

If you are Colt McCoy, what would it take to keep you out of the National Championship game? I'd say gunshot wound, broken bone of some sort to my leg or throwing arm, shoulder dislocation that wouldn't pop back in, torn Achilles tendon, and that's the short list. A separated shoulder I'm sure is serious and painful, but I would've been shot up with swine flu to have played in that game. Swine flu soaked in chlamydia. That game was supposed to be his culmination as college footballs winningest quarterback. The pinnacle of one of the greatest careers ever. I am simply blown away by the fact he sat out of that game without trying to play again. I'd say just about anything that wasn't life threatening would warrant playing in the NATIONAL TITLE GAME. Without McCoy Texas was as useless as a shit-flavored popsicle to quote a great film. I really don't understand why his dad came to the locker room or that there was any discussion besides if his arm was still attached, which IT WAS. Colt McCoy is a tough kid I always thought, but I just can't condone him not playing in that game.

Question: Is Colt McCoy being unable to throw the ball worse than UNTESTED Freshman Garrett Gilbert.
The mere threat of McCoy throwing the ball was enough to get more respect than Gilbert. The poor kid was shaken out there like a James Bond martini. That shovel pass was in part his fault, but most running backs don't try to bump and set a pass like volleyball, they try to catch it. There was nothing that Mack Brown, or anyone short of Jesus Christ could have done to have won Texas the game once McCoy was out. I made the joke that Shipley should've been put in the Wildcat and they should've rolled the dice with that one.

Colt McCoy- Your draft status was shaken more by this move than it would've been if you tried to throw with a fucked up arm and failed. I thought Phillip Rivers playing with a torn ACL hurt his team because he had Billy Volek in reserve, perfectly healthy. Volek healthy WAS BETTER than Rivers being unable to move or throw. McCoy with one leg was better than Gilbert fully healthy. I would've taken any painkiller possible to destroy my liver and allow me to feel nothing while I threw with an arm as messed up as Lindsey Lohan.