'For us, we talk about being the best we can be and finishing what we started. That's enough motivation for us. We've got a lot at stake.'
Colt McCoy
The BCS title game ended at 9:07 p.m. Pacific time with the ball in the
custody of the Crimson Tide. Alabama players rushed the field, celebrating a
37-21 win over a Texas team that had brought a 13-0 record to California for
a week of pageantry and spectacle.
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MULTIMEDIA
Check out photos and stats of your favorite players.
Check out photos of the Rose Bowl being prepared for the National Championship game.
Alabama and UT team members meet the media.
Bevo makes the journey to Pasadena with the Silver Spurs.
More Calif. fun for the Longhorns: Practice, interviews and interesting scenery.
Houston talks about the National Championship game.
SATURDAY
After his team's 37-21 loss to the Crimson Tide on Thursday night, Texas
football coach Mack Brown said there never really was an instance when
anyone thought Colt McCoy would go back into the game.
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FRIDAY
He ran five plays in the BCS national championship game. Two were passes. Two
were handoffs. One was the end of his college career.
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- Video: Game action | Fans react | Pre-game hype | Your fan photos
- Longhorns notebook
- BCS championship: worsts of the game
- BCS championship: game highlights
- Five questions facing Alabama, answered
- Five questions facing Texas, answered
- BCS championship scoreboard
- Anders' sack of Gilbert is play of the game
- Alabama: Report Card
- Longhorns: Report card
- Final AP Top 25 rankings
THURSDAY
Today Colt McCoy will be playing in the BCS National Title game at the Rose
Bowl just as Vince Young did back in 2005.
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WEDNESDAY
Of the previous nine Heisman winners, only two — USC quarterbacks Matt Leinart
in 2004 and Carson Palmer in 2002 — have gone on to win their bowl games.
Tanner talks about the National Championship game.
Robinson talks about the National Championship game.
Muckelroy talks about the National Championship game.
More stats in the Longhorns GameZone
Interactive: See Texas' season records through the years.
TUESDAY
Soft-spoken Horns tailback has overcome family adversity, from divorce to
prison.
MONDAY
On Thursday, he can become a Crimson Tide legend if he can lead Alabama past
Texas in the BCS national championship game at the Rose Bowl.
How Colt's career record stacks up.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 3
Earl Thomas has been motivated by a simple thought: My mom risked her life so
I could have mine.
Dec. 11-Jan. 2
Sometime this morning, Betty Baker will say goodbye to her 2,000-pound baby, Bevo XIV, as the Longhorn icon begins a 1,400-mile journey to the BCS championship game.
Before we forget, let's recall fourth-and-5. Picture the snap, the chaos and
the race to the pylon at the Rose Bowl.
How's this for a specific case of burnt orange déjà vu in a
season that's been filled with such karmic moments?
The first decade of the 21st century could be called the best, most prolific
in school history. The American-Statesman has decided to select an
all-decade team, picking the Texas players who had the greatest impact.
The extended break between the Big 12 and BCS championship games means the
Horns get to work on improving the offense's pass protection. Colt McCoy was
sacked nine times by Nebraska.
Monroe was charged with driving while intoxicated on Nov. 15 in Hays County.
He has not played since, and according to a Texas spokesman, he remains
suspended.
Quarterback Colt McCoy is a finalist for the Coach Wooden Citizenship Award.
The trophy goes to one college and professional athlete and is presented by
the Athletes for a Better World.
Colt McCoy, the all-time winningest quarterback in college football, will have
to settle for second- and third-place finishes for college football's most
prestigious award after losing to Alabama's Mark Ingram.
Quarterback Colt McCoy won the George 'Hook' McCullough trophy as the
Longhorns' most valuable player during Friday night's annual football
banquet.
Those who gave $1,500 or less to Longhorn Foundation have no shot at title
game tickets.
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Longhorns scoring interactive
Track the Longhorns scoring drives in each game this season with this interactive chart.
North end zone renovations
Highlights of the $159 million upgrades to Royal-Memorial Stadium.