I talked to Temple's new quarterback about an hour ago. I'm heading out of town for the next day, but I'll have a story up soon.
A few excerpts and notes from our conversation:
McCoy said programs like UNLV and Kent State reached out when he hit the portal, but Temple was the first. As Kyle first reported, he came in for a visit Monday and Tuesday of this week.
What sold him on Temple?
" I sat and and talked with my dad, and we just talked with the staff, and sat there and watched plays for just for some time and and it seems like a really good fit," he told me. "So just from there, I would say that we knew that's where we wanted to be."
McCoy said he was familiar with Tyler Walker's work from when McCoy and Idaho played against Montana State back in 2023, a game Montana State won, 24-21.. McCoy went 22 of 29 passing for two touchdowns in that game while Tommy Mellott, the player he watched on film this week, went 12 of 24 for two touchdowns. So when McCoy and his father watched film with Walker and K.C. Keeler earlier this week, it was kind of a full-circle moment.
McCoy, as I'm sure you all know by now, put up some big numbers at Idaho and was a Walter Payton Award finalist in 2023. He got off to a solid start this past season at Oregon State, leading the Beavers to wins in four of their first five games. He threw for 147 yards and ran for 91 yards and three touchdowns in a 39-31, double overtime win over Colorado State back on Oct. 5, but he wasn't the same after sustaining a shoulder injury in that game and eventually lost the starting job.
"It's all a part of the game, and it all comes with the with the position that I play," McCoy said when I asked him about the ups and downs of this past season. "I know what I signed up for. There's been a lot of good times. There's been a few lows, but that's all a part of it."
More to come ...
A few excerpts and notes from our conversation:
McCoy said programs like UNLV and Kent State reached out when he hit the portal, but Temple was the first. As Kyle first reported, he came in for a visit Monday and Tuesday of this week.
What sold him on Temple?
" I sat and and talked with my dad, and we just talked with the staff, and sat there and watched plays for just for some time and and it seems like a really good fit," he told me. "So just from there, I would say that we knew that's where we wanted to be."
McCoy said he was familiar with Tyler Walker's work from when McCoy and Idaho played against Montana State back in 2023, a game Montana State won, 24-21.. McCoy went 22 of 29 passing for two touchdowns in that game while Tommy Mellott, the player he watched on film this week, went 12 of 24 for two touchdowns. So when McCoy and his father watched film with Walker and K.C. Keeler earlier this week, it was kind of a full-circle moment.
McCoy, as I'm sure you all know by now, put up some big numbers at Idaho and was a Walter Payton Award finalist in 2023. He got off to a solid start this past season at Oregon State, leading the Beavers to wins in four of their first five games. He threw for 147 yards and ran for 91 yards and three touchdowns in a 39-31, double overtime win over Colorado State back on Oct. 5, but he wasn't the same after sustaining a shoulder injury in that game and eventually lost the starting job.
"It's all a part of the game, and it all comes with the with the position that I play," McCoy said when I asked him about the ups and downs of this past season. "I know what I signed up for. There's been a lot of good times. There's been a few lows, but that's all a part of it."
More to come ...
