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Texas Football: David Ash Officially Named Starting QB
Ash, who is entering his sophomore year at Texas, threw for 1,079 yards in 2011 as a freshman. Ash threw four touchdowns for the Longhorns last year, while throwing eight interceptions. Though he struggled as a freshman, Ash is a year younger than McCoy, and is both bigger and stronger than McCoy.
If Ash does struggle in Texas’s first few games, McCoy will almost certainly get a chance to prove that he is capable of leading the Longhorns. Until then, it’s Ash’s team.
Read Article >David Ash To Be Texas Starting Quarterback, According To Report
After going 13-12 over the last two seasons, the Longhorns are expected to return to national relevance in 2012 if they can get consistent play from the QB position, which eluded them in 2011, when Ash was a true freshman and McCoy a true sophomore.
Read Article >Texas Quarterbacks David Ash, Case McCoy To Split Opener
According to a Chron.com report, both Ash and McCoy will play in the team’s opener against Wyoming on Sept. 1, and the two have been engaged in a battle for the starter’s role for the last 20 months:
It remains to be seen if one player will finally assert himself as the true starter, but as has been the case of late, don’t expect it to happen any time soon.
Read Article >Texas Football: David Ash, Case McCoy Still Competing
For his part, McCoy has packed on 15 pounds and used his Holiday Bowl bench-sitting as motivation to reclaim his spot, so perhaps the competition really wasn’t quite as over as we’d thought.
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