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Vince Dooley’s first QB competition at Georgia featured player who made big impact in famed ‘Heidi game’

You never know how a quarterback competition for the Georgia Bulldogs might turn out.

Last spring, Jacob Eason seemed a lock for a 2017 starring role, only to lose the job to injury and the ascendance of freshman Jake Fromm. Now, Eason sits out a transfer year at Washington while Fromm tries to fend off a challenge from prep phenom Justin Fields.

The Fromm and Fields duo is the latest Georgia quarterback rivalry, including a couple of signal-callers from the 1964 squad better known for other accomplishments.

College football returned to open substitution rules in 1964 for the first time since 1951, allowing coaches to develop separate offensive and defensive squads instead of using players both ways.