Colt McCoy remembers the Year of the Quarterback in the Big 12 last season. It's no mystery to the Texas quarterback why the league's offenses haven't been able to keep up the blistering scoring pace this year. He notes that Texas Tech bomber Graham Harrell and Missouri counterpart Chase Daniel graduated and that Oklahoma's Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Sam Bradford got hurt. Harrell and Daniel finished their careers as the most productive players in terms of total offense in the 14 seasons of the Big 12. Bradford took home the Heisman after throwing for 50 touchdowns last season but missed most of this year with a shoulder injury. Only McCoy is back from the foursome responsible for last season's epic shootouts. This season's aerial battles are back to normal in the Big 12. After last season, when teams scored a Big 12-record 35.6 points per game, production is down by 6.2 points per team per game this year. Nine of the league's 12 teams have seen their scoring averages fall, and eight of those have dipped by at least 4 points.
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