Colt McCoy isn’t pretending that TCU won’t be up against an SEC beast with a monster of a defense on Monday night in Los Angeles.

“I think they’re going up against a giant,” said the former Texas quarterback and current signal-caller with the Arizona Cardinals.

But on Monday morning on ESPN Radio with analysts Jacob Hester and Bobby Carpenter, McCoy explained why he’s still supporting the Horned Frogs, who are close to a 2-touchdown underdog against defending national champion Georgia. McCoy believes in the magic of TCU, a former Big 12 rival of his during his playing days in Austin, even if he also thinks the Bulldogs will eventually prevail.

 

“I am proud of the Big 12 for putting somebody in the national championship (game). Never in my wildest dreams did I think it would be TCU,” said McCoy, who voiced how proud he was of Horned Frogs head coach Sonny Dykes and also described his unique relationship with Dykes’ dad, the late Spike Dykes. “Leading a TCU team to a national title game, you should make a movie about this.”

McCoy won the Maxwell Award at Texas in 2009, the same season he led the Longhorns to the national championship game against Alabama. He is fully aware of the mighty challenge his fellow Lone Star State school has in front of it on Monday against another SEC powerhouse.

“I think Georgia is stacked,” McCoy said. “This feels like (the movie) Hoosiers to me. I’m not counting TCU out. But I think Georgia is probably going to win the game.”