CARD: Leaf Draft 2014
ACQUIRED: IP, 2024

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

• Case McCoy was offered scholarships by many big name schools to play QB, eventually choosing Texas.
• The little brother to Colt McCoy who also played at Texas- he wanted to play here for all the reasons that other players are discouraged from following in the footsteps of their family at the same position.
• He saw very little action his freshman year in 2010.
• Case competed against Garrett Gilbert and David Ash in 2011.
• Completed 88 passes for 1,034 yards and 7 TDs.
• Coming in, in relief of Ash, Case had a penchant for sparking the team to come from behind wins.
• Completed a school record 124 passes before throwing his first career interception.
• No game was more important than his 25-23 win over A&M in 2011.
• After serving as David Ash’s backup in 2012, Case was thrust into the starting role after Ash suffered two concussions- ending his college career.
• McCoy responded by rattling 6 consecutive wins for the Longhorns, including defeating Oklahoma, and a berth in the Alamo Bowl.
• Finished his career ranked tenth in TD passes (34) and tenth in passing yards (3,689).

NOTES:

I decided pretty late to go to this event since I only had one card. I needed an autograph pick-me-up and this really fit the bill. It was a small event, and there weren’t that many people there. I’m not saying he’s not popular or well received- In fact Case is a folk hero for beating A&M before the Texas rivalry was put on hold. It worked to everyone’s advantage as Case was able to elaborate and ramble a little bit on his answers to our many questions giving us great insight into the game.

Among the tidbits he shared was that outside of that A&M contest- the Oklahoma games were his favorite. He told us about how Oklahoma would spend the entire season working with 4 down linemen on defense and then when they’d play Texas- they’d switch to a 3 tech- or vice versa. In the game that UT finally beat the Sooners under Case- they anticipated the switch and basically ran 3 different plays the entire contest.

Then he told us about his game against the Mountaineers where he was able to air it out. He said he loved the atmosphere there as their stadium is one of the few that sells alcohol in the stadium. He told us about the tradition of ‘warming up’ without shirts on in cold environments (a tradition started by Vince, passed to Colt, and on to Case), and how the Mountaineer fanbase had hilariously cruel things to say to him.

Then he reminisced about how the town and stadium have one road in and out, and how the cops literally had to clear the road of drunks (on the road) so that the visiting Texas bus could get out to get to the airport!

Stuff like that. I don’t want to spoil it all just in case he write a novel later but, Case had quite a fascinating yarn to spin.