Martellus Bennett feels comfortable talking a little smack as well:
"We always beat Texas," Bennett said. "It wouldn't be an upset. Well, maybe this year it would be. But we expect to beat Texas, the yellowbellies.
"My brother knocked McCoy out a while back, and we call him Cart McCoy now."
As for whether the hit was legal, Martellus said: "Very legal. Colt McCoy, or Cart McCoy, is a pretty good player. But, hopefully, my brother gets some more hits on him."
I love it. It makes me happy to hear confirmation that the Aggies do feel the confidence to beat those longhorns, even on a down year, and even in Austin. We have beaten them two years in a row, and Cart McCoy has NEVER beaten A&M. Michael Bennett is playing his last game as an Aggie, and this is his last chance to chase "Cart" around and terrorize him, unless they somehow meet again in the NFL.
I myself have confidence in the Aggies' chances to upset those whorns in Austin. They are ranked 108th vs the pass, and we have a budding air assault with Jerrod Johnson throwing the ball to Fuller, Tannehill and the McCoy brothers. We should also have a healthy Goodson running the ball again.
Sure, we could get blown out. Sure, Johnson has completed quite a few passes to the other team. We can still catch lightning in a bottle on this one Thanksgiving night, and come away with yet another "upset" for the ages.
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the debate was not whether Bennett's hit was late. It was the way he hit him. It wasn't called, and it was fodder for whiny tu fans to this day. The Heard hit was late, not dirty. He barely even touched him, and it McCoy was not injured.
Like I said, Bennett's was a judgement call - either it's called and penalized, or it's not. It wasn't. Simple. (the NFL reference is also simple: you can't even breathe on a QB anymore once the ball is out of his hand, nor can you hit one up that high. And yes, I'm aware college is different)
Defending Heard is nothing short of laughable. He was not only ejected from the game, but the Big XII singled his cowardly act out during the next preseason referee tour of all the schools when rule changes, fouls,etc are explained.
doesn't change fact. Heard hit McCoy about 1 second after Dodge was tackled on the INT return. There was plenty of contact on the field that hadn't yet stopped. What made it look bad was the fact that McCoy had freaking quit before the play was over and was in the process of unbuckling his chin strap before the whistle was even blown. Again, Heard barely hit McCoy. It was a late hit, but not roughing the passer (McCoy was a defensive player at that point), and not an ejectable offense.
The Bennett hit was also a source of much longhorn bellyaching and moaning. This was the hit that actually injured McCoy. Bennett laid him out flat just after he released the ball. Michael Griffin from UT was asked after the game about the hit, and admirably, he said, "it was clean, just like they teach us in practice." It was a lot cleaner than the helmet shot he had given McGee the prior year, so I'm sure he was careful not to complain. McGee never did.
Not sure McCoy ever did either, much to aggy chagrin. On either hit.
Facts are facts - even more so when aggy tries to twist reality with phrases like "barely" and "plenty of contact that hadn't stopped". Hilarious rationale, actually, but then again, you're aggy.
By your own admission, the play had been blown dead by 1 second - that's an eternity. I've seen the sick video enough times to see Heard lunge at him once he unbuckled his chin strap. It is what it is. A personal foul and definitely an ejectable offense. It's indisputable.
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