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Hiwood said:
Im going to call my shot now : THIS is the start of the Maalik vs Arch QB controversy that we will be talking about next season
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I think QB controversies are a tradition at Texas. Fans will take sides and bash the other QB. It's been that way my whole life as a fan every three to four years. Interesting.... heated at the time but a lot of names most people have forgotten. For instance, a lot of people have forgotten or dont know Applewhite was 4th on the depth chart starting 1998. Ahead of him is what would today would be a 5*, a high 4*, and the previous year's starter. It was fun to watch. Remember Lowry, Akins and the golden boy Mike Presley (1972-73)? Then Akins & Constanzo. Then Codaro & McBath... the same in the 1960s... on and on and on. Competition is good as long as FANS can keep it in perspective.
 
Soldierhorn said:
I think QB controversies are a tradition at Texas. Fans will take sides and bash the other QB. It's been that way my whole life as a fan every three to four years. Interesting.... heated at the time but a lot of names most people have forgotten. For instance, a lot of people have forgotten or dont know Applewhite was 4th on the depth chart starting 1998. Ahead of him is what would today would be a 5*, a high 4*, and the previous year's starter. It was fun to watch. Remember Lowry, Akins and the golden boy Mike Presley (1972-73)? Then Akins & Constanzo. Then Codaro & McBath... the same in the 1960s... on and on and on. Competition is good as long as FANS can keep it in perspective.
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there used to be an old saying at Texas that the most popular guy on campus was the second string QB......remember James Street from Longview replaced Super Bill Bradley in Game 3 of the '68 season and never lost another game all the way thru '69 and a National Championship
 
Hiwood said:
there used to be an old saying at Texas that the most popular guy on campus was the second string QB......remember James Street from Longview replaced Super Bill Bradley in Game 3 of the '68 season and never lost another game all the way thru '69 and a National Championship
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oh, yeah... that was an incredible time. With all the accolades he was given as what today would have been a 5*, cant miss, future NFL QB, he could have been a cancer but instead became a NFL HOF safety. In 1960. Jr Mike Cotton and soph Johnny Genung were competing; there wasnt much grumbling except for the adage, two QBs equals no QBs. Cotton took the reigns in 1961 and led the team to the cotton bowl & 10-1 record. In 1962 Duke Carlisle plays some at QB with Genung, and of course, 1963 Carlisle leads the team in a NC season.

who were the two QBs at Texas that played QB in the NFL and are in the NFL HOF? One is obvious, the other not so much

oops... forgot about Tommy Wade. he was in the mix in 1963 as a backup.
 
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Soldierhorn said:
oh, yeah... that was an incredible time. With all the accolades he was given as what today would have been a 5*, cant miss, future NFL QB, he could have been a cancer but instead became a NFL HOF safety. In 1960. Jr Mike Cotton and soph Johnny Genung were competing; there wasnt much grumbling except for the adage, two QBs equals no QBs. Cotton took the reigns in 1961 and led the team to the cotton bowl & 10-1 record. In 1962 Duke Carlisle plays some at QB with Genung, and of course, 1963 Carlisle leads the team in a NC season.

who were the two QBs at Texas that played QB in the NFL and are in the NFL HOF? One is obvious, the other not so much

oops... forgot about Tommy Wade. he was in the mix in 1963 as a backup.
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Tom Landry from Mission Texas and Bobby Layne from Highland Park HS in Dallas
 
Eastexhorn said:
Looking forward to seeing Arch for first time. Hopefly because Horns are 3 TDS ahead.
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#MeToo

what I'm hoping is that Arch is a throwback type QB that will force more autonomy for his play; a Colt or Applewhite type player with more physical abilities.

What was so encouraging about Applewhite was his ability to read defenses at the LOS as a TRUE freshman. He would line up in either shotgun or under center and call audibles. Why cant QBs do that nowadays? Micromanaging OCs? is it because Colt and Applewhite both had fathers that were coaches? Same dynamic with Arch?
 
Hiwood said:
Im going to call my shot now : THIS is the start of the Maalik vs Arch QB controversy that we will be talking about next season
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I hope so.

The only way we don't move forward with a controvery next season is if Maalik is terrible and there is no other option than Arch.

If Maalik plays well or stellar, people will look as his on the field production as a positive sign Vs. Arch's potential without on the field success.

If Arch overtakes Maalik this season, I do think Maalik probably transfers. Would be nice to have a competition into the fall and keep both on the roster next year.
 
When I was a QB in jr high, I could read this one team's defense pretty well. Their mike was a hold over from the year before. I could read that he would be in our backfield 2 seconds after the ball was snapped.
 
Soldierhorn said:
I think QB controversies are a tradition at Texas. Fans will take sides and bash the other QB. It's been that way my whole life as a fan every three to four years. Interesting.... heated at the time but a lot of names most people have forgotten. For instance, a lot of people have forgotten or dont know Applewhite was 4th on the depth chart starting 1998. Ahead of him is what would today would be a 5*, a high 4*, and the previous year's starter. It was fun to watch. Remember Lowry, Akins and the golden boy Mike Presley (1972-73)? Then Akins & Constanzo. Then Codaro & McBath... the same in the 1960s... on and on and on. Competition is good as long as FANS can keep it in perspective.
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Speaking of ex-Longhorn QBs, I was able to catch up with Shannon Kelley a couple nights back.

He's divorced from Mary Lou Rhetton now and has remarried and is doing very well.

I don't recall Presley but Lowry and Akins were greats. I vaguely remember McBath. Can't remember Constanzo at all.

I knew Major was at the bottom of the chart and rose up quickly. He was so small and meager that I thought we were screwed when he came in. But he had some moxie about him and it served him well.
 
Sirhornsalot said:
Speaking of ex-Longhorn QBs, I was able to catch up with Shannon Kelley a couple nights back.

He's divorced from Mary Lou Rhetton now and has remarried and is doing very well.

I don't recall Presley but Lowry and Akins were greats. I vaguely remember McBath. Can't remember Constanzo at all.

I knew Major was at the bottom of the chart and rose up quickly. He was so small and meager that I thought we were screwed when he came in. But he had some moxie about him and it served him well.
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I stood next to MA when I was the F&B Director at the Omni South off IH35.290 and the Horns stayed with us the night before the game, I stand an even 6 foot tall and there is no way MA was taller than me
 
Hiwood said:
I stood next to MA when I was the F&B Director at the Omni South off IH35.290 and the Horns stayed with us the night before the game, I stand an even 6 foot tall and there is no way MA was taller than me
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lol, he was listed as 6'1 back then
 
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