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Simms had a much higher ceiling at QB so Mack went with potential over a guy that was producing but didn't have as much potential.
I get where you are going with that; however, one of the main reasons it was such a big deal when his job got yanked was Major had set a number of records, and was just a year removed from his record setting freshman season. It was widely gossiped that he lsot his job to appease Phil Simms and make high talent OOS recruits look our way more often. So I think the ceiling was quite high for Major as well.
Major handled the whole issue with class. Simms won us a ton of games, 10 or more every year he was there, and we really crushed some good teams, but his huge mistakes, namely anytime he played OU and that Big 12 Title game are what stick out to people most.
EDIT: Someune halp meh spell!
[This message has been edited by Longhorn Foozball (edited 1/16/2008 4:28p).]