First off, I have to offer full disclosure that I am indeed an unapologetic Longhorn fan. It may not have been my alma mater (Liberty will always be #1 in my heart) but having married a Texas Ex, having covered the program on a daily basis for 6+ years and having lived in the state for two decades I have some strong ties to the program. Consequently this year’s BCS Championship game was a jovial time in our household.

But even in defeat, Colt McCoy displayed the kind of character we rarely see exhibited these days in the moment of complete frustration and failure. Having stood on the sideline with an injured shoulder watching his team crumble to Alabama, the last thing he probably wanted to do was a postgame interview on national television. But just watch how his character is revealed by his comments amidst this heartache.

These days he recently became engaged and is having his shoulder treated before he embarks on his NFL career. In the meantime, he sat down with one of my former pastors in Austin, Mac Richard. My wife & I were involved in the early days of Lake Hills Church when it was just a new church plant meeting in a middle school cafeteria. We love seeing how God is using Mac & LHC to impact Central Texas. And this interview Mac conducted with Colt & his father Brad McCoy offers some great insight into how this young man’s character was cultivated.