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Why Playing Two Quarterbacks vs. Notre Dame Can Work for Texas

You know how the saying goes: If you have two quarterbacks, you have none. But what if the Texas Longhorns actually have one and don't know it yet? That's what second-year coach Charlie Strong is going to try to find out by playing both Tyrone Swoopes and Jerrod Heard in the season opener at Notre Dame.

"I’m not going to play musical chairs with them. They both are going to play," Strong said on ESPN's "Car Wash" last month, via Chris O'Connell of the Alcalde. "When we line up in South Bend, whoever is going to start, the other guy is going to play also.