McCoy and Brigham were part of a large group email of Longhorn donors and fans
who discussed the controversy among themselves on June 29. Other former Longhorn athletes, including former NFL player Jordan Shipley, were included in the group message.
“It’s not looking good,” Brigham wrote to the group about protests against the song. “[Athletic Director Chris Del Conte] was trying to manage the situation but without help it doesn’t sound like there is enough support for our perspective, at this point, to stop the movement.”
In a matter of hours, Brigham set up a conference call with McCoy and other alumni to update them on the situation and solicit potential solutions and ideas.
Colt McCoy helped rich UT-Austin donors fight to keep The Eyes of Texas
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Colt McCoy joined forces with rich UT-Austin alumni to help pressure university to keep The Eyes of Texas, emails show
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Emails: Colt McCoy teamed with UT-Austin alumni to keep Eyes of Texas song
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