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TAR 16: Jet McCoy and Cord McCoy--Brothers/Cowboys

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georgiapeach:
Interview With 'Amazing Race 16' Runners-Up
by Audrey Fine, posted May 11th 2010 5:30PM

 
They may not have snagged the $1 million purse but, as brothers Jet and Cord McCoy, a.k.a. "the cowboys," said at the end of Sunday night's 'Amazing Race 16' finale, "there's more to life than money."

And, just because they didn't finish first (that honor went to the other brothers, Jordan and Dan Pious), that doesn't mean the McCoys aren't winners. The professional cowboy and bull rider ran the race with spirit, integrity and joy, and racked up some pretty awesome prizes -- and a fervent fan base -- while they were at it.

Did seeing the world change the self-professed "Oakies"? Is it true that Cord had never seen an episode of the race before he embarked on it? And, what on earth will they do with the sailboats they won?



TV Squad: Was keeping your character and integrity in tact more important to you guys than winning the money?
Cord: I think so. I definitely think so. People are going to remember your character forever. You're representing your name, your family, your friends, your state, your country. I'm pretty sure I could spend $1 million tomorrow but your character has to last forever.

TV Squad: You didn't win the $1 million but you guys did snag three awesome trips along the way: one to Chile; one to Alaska; and one to Hawaii. Any chance one of those will morph into Cord's honeymoon?
Jet: I'm pretty sure that I'll give him half of the Maui trip and Ashley and I will take the Alaska trip. She's a big hunter and likes to fish and that's supposed to be a wildlife viewing trip. It'll be a second honeymoon. We went to South Padre Island down in Texas for the first one.

TV Squad: Cord, you've said that you don't have a TV. Does that mean that you didn't know what you were in for when you embarked on the race?
Cord: Agreed. I still don't have one. Jet told me about the race and I got excited about it and knew about it. But, I'd only seen it on DVDs. I guess I didn't know how huge it was. I figured it out real quick though. When we took off running in California there were these crazy people following us with cameras and I suddenly knew.

TV Squad: Jet, you're an avid reader who cites reading as his hobby of choice. What's your all-time favorite book?
Jet: It would have to be 'The Log of a Cowboy.' It is about a boy in the 1800s that came back from the war and was looking for a job decides to go to Texas and learn to be a cowboy and ends up doing a cattle drive from Texas to Montana. And it's really neat, because it was a true story adapted from the real guy's journal, and with all of the stories of the cattle drive, it's almost like you're there driving cattle with those guys. I just love to read, although most of the stuff that I read its going to be how-to or reference type books. I don't spend hardly any time on novels, though. I'm all about the knowledge.

TV Squad: What are you guys going to do with the sailboats you won in Chile?
Jet: [Laughs] I'm thinking we're probably going to sell the sailboats. I thought about setting them in the back yard and we could have parties on them. But, nah, I don't think the sailboats won't make a big splash in Oklahoma.

TV Squad: At home, does a day ever go by where you don't wear your hat? You seemed positively uncomfortable without them during certain parts of the race.
Jet: No. Unless I don't get up. The hat hangs by the door. It's the last thing I put on before I leave the house.

TV Squad: At one point during the race, Cord, you mentioned something about a head injury. Can you tell us what happened?
Cord: Back in 2004, I came off the back of a horse and I crushed my skull into my brain and they pretty much had to cut my head open and they had to pull my skull off my brain. They didn't know if I would be able to walk and talk again or if I'd be mentally challenged. So finishing the race for me was more special than it would be for the "average bear."

TV Squad: Wow. Clearly. If you had to pick a favorite moment from the race what would it be?
Jet: I appreciate you asking that question! Every other interviewer has asked, "What was your favorite place?". Which is an entirely different question. My favorite moment was when Cord came running off the soccer field over there in Shanghai right after he had finished that puzzle. He doesn't care about puzzles and playing chess. He's way more quantitative. It's just his personality, so we'd decided going into the race that I'd do any puzzles. But then, we didn't have a choice and he went out there and attacked that thing with so much determination. It was just the coolest thing! I don't think anyone will ever realize how impressed I was with Cord at that moment.
Cord: Aw. Well, for me, one of the funniest things was that there was a "roping challenge" And we were like, "Are you kidding? That's the challenge?" Jet has been roping since he was 3. Then he missed the first one. That was a huge laugh in our family.


http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/05/11/jet-cord-mccoy-interview-amazing-race-16/

georgiapeach:
Jet and Cord ('The Amazing Race')
Monday, May 10 2010, 6:44pm EDT

Jet and Cord McCoy may have just been pipped to the post on last night's Amazing Race finale, but the cowboy brothers from Oklahoma had displayed their competitive streak throughout the competition. However, they ultimately lost out on the $1 million prize after they were pushed into second place by Dan and Jordan during the final leg in San Francisco. Nevertheless, the pair remained positive about traveling the world and finishing the race with their "character and integrity intact". We gave them a call to find out how they were feeling.

Congratulations on second! Are you happy with that result?
Jet: "It's not that we're happy with it, but me and Cord both feel like we ran a great race and we did the best we could do and that's the way it turned out. Sometimes that's just the way it goes. You can do your best and still get second. It's The Amazing Race. We had a great time."
Cord: "A lot of things to be thankful for."

You emerged as the fan favorites this season. How has the reaction been to you?
Jet: "It's been kind of the way you'd expect. A lot of people have come up to us, but of course, this being the first day after we haven't been able to talk to a lot of people. But everybody has been real supportive saying, 'Good luck on the race, we've been watching you'. We've been getting a lot of those kind of comments and that's been a lot of fun."
Cord: "I'm a pro bull rider and I know a lot of people tell me that they get a lot more scared watching The Amazing Race than watching me ride a bull!"

You guys never seemed to argue once on the race...
Cord: "I don't think arguing would have made us go any faster so we both knew it was kind of a waste of time."
Jet: "That's the thing about the race. It wasn't going to make us go any faster. There were definitely times along the way when you were so tired and you get so frustrated with things that you are tempted to do it, but on the other hand, like Cord said, it wouldn't make us go any faster. It would only cause more problems for us, and so we chose not to."

Everybody loved the fact you raced the whole time with your belt buckles and hats on...
Jet: "We're cowboys!"
Cord: "That's just what we wear!"
Jet: "Early on we had people ask us - when they knew we were doing the race - if we would be wearing our hats and buckles. Me and Cord were like, 'What else would we wear!?' That's what we wear every day. That's just us. There was never an option to wear anything else."
Cord: "We weren't going to change for anybody. Jet and I work daily on a ranch doing all sorts of challenges dressed that way and we didn't think there would be anything thrown in front of us that we wouldn't want to do in our work clothes."

Did last night's queue-jumping incident by Dan and Jordan really affect the race in your opinion?
Jet: "I don't think... it may have affected it some but either way that was the way it turned out."
Cord: "We can't really go back."

Have you spoken to them about it since?
Jet: "We saw them this morning on The Early Show when they were presented with their million dollar check."
Cord: "It was an extra large check!"
Jet: "Huge!"

How did it feel to watch that?
Cord: "There's not much you can say but congratulations. For a lot of people in the world you don't have to look very far to be thankful for a lot of things. Jet and I not only have each other, but we got to go around the globe and see the world and go to a lot of places that tourists can't even go to no matter if they have a million dollars or not. We have so much to be thankful for and I just feel blessed to have the opportunity to do The Amazing Race and finish it."

What are your thoughts on the U-Turning of Brandy and Carol and the suggestion you might have been better targets?
Jet: "It wasn't us!"
Cord: "It wasn't us!"
Jet: "We weren't really involved in the drama there. Me and Cord were super nervous it would be us getting U-Turned and we didn't know at the time all the stuff that had gone on, but I know when we got to that U-Turn board and saw it wasn't us we were really excited."

Do you think it was a good decision to U-Turn them?
Jet: "It would be hard for me to say. We're just glad it wasn't us!"

What's next for you?
Jet: "We were doing the things we loved to do before we left on the race so it will be really cool to get back to doing the same thing at home, back to our horses and cattle. Cord has bull riding that he's producing coming up and will be arranging that for the next couple of weeks, but all in all it's back to business as usual."
Cord: "Jet and I are putting together a fundraiser to raise money for our community, teaming up with the professional bull riders to raise some money for the American Cancer Society. It starts May 27 with a banquet which feeds into the professional bull riding May 28 and 29 in Oklahoma."

What was the best part of the race for you?
Cord: "Oh just traveling and laughing and hanging out with my brother. It's hard to point out one thing that stands out. The shows were one hour a week and I think me and Jet had more than one hour of fun on each leg. It was a good time and I wouldn't take a million bucks for the experience."
Jet: "The thing that makes that question so hard is that the entire race is an experience in itself so it's really difficult to go back and pick one thing and say, 'This one moment was the deciding thing or the most fun we had', because everywhere we went was so amazing and the things we got to do and see were just incredible. Just the experience of being there and having the opportunity to run it was pretty huge in itself."

Finally, do you have any regrets or anything you wish you'd done differently?
Cord: "You know what? That's the coolest thing about doing The Amazing Race with my brother. I can seriously say that we came home and there is not a single thing I would do differently if I could do it all over again."

http://www.digitalspy.com/ustv/s66/the-amazing-race/interviews/a219118/jet-and-cord-the-amazing-race.html

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