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TEXAS LONGHORNS
McCoy one victory away from wins record
By Michael Sherfield The Daily Texan
AUSTIN, Texas — Colt McCoy doesn't care about records. All the senior quarterback cares about is winning. So it's a good thing the next record McCoy is poised to break is about just that.
But don't expect McCoy to claim too much credit.
In his 49th career start, McCoy is one win away from tying Georgia starter David Green with 42 wins, the most for a quarterback.
"It's a team award," he said. "That's very special. That's one of the coolest things for a quarterback. I've said that since I was a freshman, I just want to win. I want to be the best I can be when I step out on the field. That's still my goal today — to go out there and win."
If things go as expected, McCoy will have a chance to break the record at home the following week against Kansas. With a perfect season, he could move it all the way to 46.
It's just the latest in a series of awards and records McCoy has received over a sparkling four-year career in which he has rewritten the Texas record books.
"That [wins record] is one of the biggest things you can have," said receiver Jordan Shipley. "I've said time and time again, Colt's the best quarterback out there. No one else can do what he does."
Two more wins and history will have to agree.
Kirkendoll catching on
It didn't take long for James Kirkendoll to resurface after being buried in the depth chart. Two weeks after being demoted from his starting position, the junior receiver had his best game since topping 100 yards against Wyoming in September.
Kirkendoll scored his first touchdown since that game while making five catches for 40 yards. His reward is a return to the starting lineup, but in a new spot. After being converted into a makeshift slot receiver as Shipley moved outside, he's returned to his more natural outside position.
Kirkendoll will replace freshman Marquise Goodwin as the starter at the Sub B position, playing alongside Shipley in the slot and Malcolm Williams on the opposite side.
Texas running back Cody Johnson drags Central Florida defensive back Justin Boddie into the end zone for a touchdown during the Longhorns' 35-3 victory last Saturday in Austin, Texas. Texas plays the Baytor Bears at 11 a.m. tomorrow.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Texas wins, Shipley sets record
By Michael Sherfield
The Daily Texan
AUSTIN, Texas — His teammates grabbed him by the collar and forced him to the front of the pile. There, Jordan Shipley finally broke into a smile.
He stood in the end zone, surrounded by teammates but distinct from all of them, alone in Texas' record books.
The thousands of fans who had stayed until the end of the game all stood, chanting his name.
The senior wide receiver, in his sixth year at Texas, had 273 yards on 11 catches. His 88-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter broke the game open and broke the school receiving record, surpassing Tony Jones' 1987 milestone.
Shipley's career day propelled No.2 Texas to a 35-3 win over the University of Central Florida on Saturday afternoon.
After not getting a sack last week against
Oklahoma State, the Longhorns sacked quarterback Rob Calabrese six times, holding UCF to 2-of-12 on third downs.
"[Will] Muschamp challenged us up front to get sacks," said defensive tackle Lamarr Houston. "We always try to respond when he challenges us."
The Colt McCoy-to-Shipley connection finally got the Texas offense in gear after a scoreless first quarter. Shipley keyed the Longhorns' first touchdown drive with a 44-yard catch after McCoy scrambled right and found the receiver blazing across the field.
Three plays later, Texas was in the end zone and in the lead, 7-3.
Cody Johnson scored the first of two rushing touchdowns, running 20 yards nearly untouched.
On the next drive, Shipley contributed two more catches and 35 yards as Texas scored again, this time on a 13-yard Johnson run.
Despite driving downfield on the next possession, Texas didn't find the end zone
again in the half, as UCF picked McCoy to escape at halftime down only 14-3.
On his record-breaking catch, Shipley beat his man in single coverage and had no problem reeling in McCoy's perfect pass, wheeling away for an 88-yard touchdown and a new receiving record.
"It's one of those deals that you don't really think about while you're playing, and I really had no idea." Shipley said.
The only drama left from that point on would be McCoy's. The senior passed his own career high for yardage, 414, on the play and was zeroing in on the school record as well.
A final completion to John Chiles brought him to within 3 yards of Major Applewhite's record 473, but Texas went to the ground to find the end zone a fifth and final time.
Fozzy Whittaker went in from 6 yards to deny McCoy the chance at the record. The quarterback watched from the bench near Applewhite as Texas ran out the clock on its final possession.
THE WAVE NOVEMBER 13,2009
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN