I've thought this should happen for a long time. But maybe the wounds are just too deep.
I was never really that passionate about Applewhite over Simms or vice versa. They both had their strengths and weaknesses, and both had their great games and stinkers. Unfortunately, Chris's bad games were just in historically bad losses. But I always liked him and rooted for him, and as much as I hated that loss to Colorado, I hated even more the way a very unattractive portion of our fan base shit all over him.
I remember when Sam Ehlinger was our QB, and Simms was talking about him and the Longhorns on some radio show or podcast, and they played for Chris a video of Sam playing catch with his dad when he was 4-5 years old, and little Sam Ehlinger yells out, "I'm Chris Simms!" Chris was visibly moved by that.