Coming out of Casey Thompson’s sensational Alamo Bowl performance in relief of Sam Ehlinger, the Texas Longhorns junior headed into April’s Orange-White game still having plenty to prove to new head coach Steve Sarkisian.
In the early stages of Thompson’s first public battle with redshirt freshman Hudson Card, his competition for the starting quarterback job, Thompson got off to a solid start before making a critical mistake in the red zone late in the first half.
The play caller for the Orange team dialed up a play to try to score a touchdown in the final moments and behind the chains, a play Thompson had run well in practice previously.