The Flagship: Casey Thompson named Texas' starting QB
Horns247 Podcasts: The Flagship Podcast
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4.8 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2021
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
A big change has been made on the Forty Acres. Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian announced Monday that junior quarterback Casey Thompson will get his first-ever career start this Saturday when the Longhorns host Rice at Darrell K Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium. What does this decision mean for freshman QB Hudson Card and the offense?
On this week's episode of The Flagship Podcast, Horns247 columnist Chip Brown and managing editor Taylor Estes weigh in on Sarkisian's decision to replace Card for Thompson as the Longhorns' starting QB ahead of Saturday's game, and how the quarterback change could impact the offense down the stretch. Chip and Taylor express their thoughts on Thompson getting his first start at Texas and why this was probably the right move for the Longhorns after last weekend's humbling upset loss to Arkansas.
The Flagship also discuss the glaring issues on the offensive line that need to be cleaned up sooner rather than later, and how the O-line's struggles will only continue to plague the offense in Big 12 play if those problems do not get resolved.
After a quick break, The Flagship returns with our Love it or Leave it segment, with this week's topics focused on how surprised you were at Sarkisian's QB change, if the starting job is Thompson's for the future and the level of concern for the Texas offensive line after showing struggles in the first two games of the season.
Texas fans won't want to miss this loaded episode of The Flagship Podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome in everybody to the flagship podcast. I am Chip Brown, columnist for Horns 247.com, |
| 0:17.5 | joined as always by our fearless leader, the managing editor of Horns 247, the one and only |
| 0:23.3 | Taylor Estes. Taylor, how you doing? Chip, I'm doing well. We have a lot to talk about today |
| 0:31.2 | coming out of Steve Sarkeesian's Monday press conference and some news that Texas fans will probably, |
| 0:36.6 | some may like to hear. |
| 0:38.4 | So got a load of a show coming up. |
| 0:40.0 | How are you doing? |
| 0:40.5 | How was your birthday? |
| 0:41.2 | Let's start with that first. |
| 0:42.3 | Oh, hey, you know, birthdays, especially when you're on the road, they just seem to come and go. |
| 0:50.1 | But it was nice. |
| 0:51.8 | It was nice. |
| 0:52.4 | Both my kids remembered to reach out and say, |
| 0:56.1 | happy birthday. That's all, that's all I can ask. Right. That's good. There you go. |
| 1:00.7 | So, that's right. You'll take those. But you mentioned it. It is Monday. And we, of course, |
| 1:07.3 | now do our podcast on Mondays as quickly after Steve Sarkeesian's press conference as possible so that our fans can listen to the flagship podcast on their way home from work and enjoy it all day Monday. |
| 1:25.0 | And big news today from Steve Sarkeesian after the 4021 loss to Arkansas, in which Casey Thompson came in to relieve Hudson card late in the third quarter, but led Texas on two touchdown drive. Steve Sarkesian said Casey Thompson will be the starter at quarterback |
| 1:45.8 | for Rice this Saturday night at 7 o'clock at DKR on the Longhorn Network. And Taylor, |
| 1:55.1 | this is an interesting decision by Steve Sarkesian. We talked about this sum on right after the game that if, you know, if Steve |
| 2:08.3 | Sarkesian truly believed that Hudson Card was the guy, he'd probably stick with him |
| 2:14.6 | and go through the growing pains if he truly believed that Hudson |
| 2:20.3 | Card is the guy. And we kind of saw that from Tom Herman after the Maryland game in 2018. |
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