This Houston fan must not remember the days when you had a clear leader under center. We had Zac Robinson for three straight seasons in the late 2000s, and that stability won us a lot of football games. A true quarterback battle in August usually means you don't have a guy, plain and simple. I think back to Coach Gundy's early years, you knew who the starter was going to be. This constant shuffling reminds me of some of those rough patches in the early 80s before Thurman Thomas and the gang arrived. You don't see Georgia or Alabama having these public debates every offseason. They develop a guy and he plays. All this talk about competition creating the best starter sounds like coach-speak to cover up the fact that nobody has taken the job. The great teams, like our 2011 squad with Weeden, had an established leader everyone rallied around from day one. This modern era of everyone looking over their shoulder just breeds insecurity. Houston might think it's a strength, but I've been watching this sport for forty years, and it usually signals trouble ahead when you're still figuring it out this late.