Mark the date—Thursday, April 16, 2015—because it is officially on between Jerrod Heard and Tyrone Swoopes in the battle to become Texas' starting quarterback.
Yes, Swoopes and Heard have been in an open competition all spring. The Longhorns' offensive woes—highlighted (lowlighted?) by 59 yards in a Texas Bowl loss to Arkansas—were simply too much for Swoopes to have any job security this year. The junior has shown flashes of potential but for a variety of reasons never displayed the consistency needed.
However, accounts from Austin indicated that Swoopes was taking the next step forward in his development while Heard was struggling to keep up.