re: Chris Simms....how is he a Football expert?

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Hasn’t it been one of those sports rumors for years that Simms was handed the starting job by Mack in exchange for signing there?

Seems to explain why Simms always started and fricked up while Applewhite would come in to clean up the messes

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Eh, Simms didn't get his first start until the A&M game his freshman year, and that was only because Major got sick. He wasn't even officially named the full-time starter until his junior year, and they nearly made it to the BCS championship game.

Objectively, Simms wasn't a bad QB, but he was terrible in huge games against OU and the Big XII championship game against CU. The expectations for him in Austin were basically national championship or bust, so his failures in games that mattered stand out more in memory.