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It will be months before Texas puts out a depth chart. Since no one wants to wait that long, Carter Strickland helps fans out with an early look at the Longhorns offense.

Story | Conversation | April 07, 2013

David Ash is Texas' starting quarterback, but freshman Tyrone Swoopes showed in the Orange-White scrimmage that he could supplant Case McCoy as Ash's backup.

Amid great anticipation the Texas Longhorns will unveil their new up-tempo spread offense in Saturday's spring game, as much of the attention will be on quarterback David Ash.

Story | Conversation | March 28, 2013

Texas has gone from five wins to eight wins to nine wins as it has molted repeatedly over the past three years. But Brown is the first to tell everyone Texas is not a nine-win program. Are the Horns on the way back up?

The first test is at 6 a.m today. That's when Texas coaches will find out who did what during the 10-day break and who is capable of doing what during the next seven practices.

As the Texas Longhorns take a weeklong break in the middle of spring practice, here's an update on position battles.

Story | Conversation | March 14, 2013

Texas has one major opening on the offense in spring practice, and receivers Kendall Sanders, Cayleb Jones and Marcus Johnson are stepping up to try to take it.

The practice-time clock is ticking away on Texas' efforts to install a new no-huddle offense. That puts pressure on many a Longhorn to learn and adapt.

With so much change to its offense, it seems Texas should move on to a backup QB who best represents the future: Connor Brewer. But Mack Brown isn't convinced Texas or Brewer is ready, so Case McCoy's role will continue to muddy the waters.

The actual game could be pretty vanilla to watch, but there are some interesting players and matchups worth paying attention to in Texas' spring game.

Time to hand out some offensive awards for 2011.

Story | Conversation | January 05, 2012

While Case McCoy will start for now, expect to see multiple quarterbacks used against UCLA.

Story | Conversation | September 12, 2011

After benching Garrett Gilbert, Texas played a game of three-card Monte with Case McCoy and David Ash rotating to lead the Longhorns to a win over BYU.

While Texas is still learning its new offense and only a few package plays were used against Rice, expect more to come starting this week.

Story | Conversation | September 08, 2011

By showing leadership when it mattered most, Garrett Gillbert keeps his job as Texas' starting quarterback.

In the campaign to be named Texas' starting quarterback, four worthy candidates have thrown their helmets into the ring.