Editors Note: This article is written by guest blogger Daniel Durany. Daniel is a graduate of TCU in Communications Studies.
If you asked most people, what major city in Texas is located in Taylor County? The majority of people would probably say Lubbock, Austin, Houston, San Antonio, or Wichita Falls as the main city for Taylor County. Actually, Abilene is the major city for Taylor County. If you knew Abilene was the major city for Taylor County, then you most likely didn’t know how Taylor County became originated.
The county is named after three brothers: Edward Taylor, George Taylor, and James Taylor who died in the Alamo. Taylor County has some of the top NCAA quarterbacks playing at various universities in the Lone Star State. The first of the three quarterbacks is from the University of Texas Longhorns
and last year’s Heisman runner-up Colt McCoy. Second of the three quarterbacks is Case Keenum from the University of Houston Cougars. Last of the three quarterbacks is Taylor Potts from the University of Texas Tech Red Raiders.
University of Texas is ranked #2 this year, the same ranking as they finished the 2008 season and major factor is Colt McCoy whose NCAA rankings are third in completions (103), third in completion percentage (71%), eighth in yards passing (1145), and tied eighth in touchdown passes (9). The Longhorns offense ranked #1 in points per game averaging at a torching clip of 50 points per game. They scored 64 points against University of Texas-El Paso last Saturday and 59 points against University of Louisiana-Monroe on September 5th. In his NCAA career, he has thrown for over 10,000 passing yards, less than 75 completions away reaching 1,000 completions and six touchdown passes away reaching the milestone of 100 touchdowns.
If somebody were to ask me at the start of football season about the Houston Cougars being undefeated and ranked #12 in the nation, many people including myself would be very skeptical especially facing Big XII teams of Oklahoma State and Texas Tech. The biggest reason for their early season success starts with Case Keenum. He threw for 435 yards, completing 38 out of 58 passes in their comeback win against Texas Tech. In the 45-35 upset victory over Oklahoma State 
Cowboys in Stillwater, Keenum completed 32 out of 46 passes for 366 yards. Last year, he threw for over 5,000 yards, 397 completions and 44 touchdown passes. The NCAA ranking for the Cougars offense is third in passing yards per game, sixth in points per game, and second in total offense.
When Graham Harrell left for the NFL this year, there became a major void in who would be filling in the Red Raiders quarterback position. Even though the Red Raiders are off to a slow start at 2-2, Taylor Potts shouldn’t be blamed for his play at the quarterback position. He has already thrown for over 400 yards in three out of the first four games of the season. Potts threw for 405 yards, completing 34 out of 48 passes for a couple of touchdowns against University of North Dakota in a 38-13 victory. On September 12, Potts had a game any quarterback would image having for a lifetime. He threw for 456 yards and seven touchdowns in the 55-10 blowout victory against Rice. After four weeks into the college football season, Potts leads the nation in several offensive categories: passing yards, passing touchdowns, and completions. He also is completing nearly 69% of his passes. You never know if any to all of three quarterbacks are going to have the NFL knocking on their doors in the next few years.
