This isn't going to be a whiny, life should be fair, boy isn't it sad life isn't fair, speech. Instead, it's more of a suck it up and deal with it. Life's not fair. Just ask Colt McCoy.
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Here's a kid who did everything right. He worked hard, he played hard, he was a good leader, a great role model, came back for his senior season to finish his education and lead Texas to a national championship. He worked his whole life to play in the National Championship game this past Thursday. And it all ended with one hit in the first 5 minutes of the ball game.
McCoy took what looked like a pretty routine hit to his shoulder and left the game. Soon, we saw him leaving for the locker room. Then watched him emerge out of his pads headed to the x-ray room. Later, we saw his dad enter the room. Finally, the announcement came that McCoy would not be returning to play in the National Championship game. The look on his face, along with his parents faces, told the story. This was not fair.
It wasn't fair, but you know what he did? He put on a head set and tried to help his team. He cheered when the back-up quarterback did something good, and talked to him on the sidelines when he did something bad. After the game, when he was interviewed, he congratulated the opposing team on winning the game, he bragged on his back up who did the best he could in the situation he was in, and he spoke of his faith and things happening for a reason.
Here's a link to the interview:
He had a reason to whine and moan and groan.....but he didn't. Colt McCoy knows that sometimes, really probably most of the time, life's not fair. But you suck it up, deal with it, and try to stay true to yourself and your values. Might not be fair, but it's life.
Colt McCoy doesn't leave Texas as a national champion, but he leaves Texas one of the classiest college football players in history. In the end, that probably matters more.
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