The Flagship: Texas QB controversy reignites after abysmal offense performance in loss to Iowa State
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🗓️ 7 November 2021
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
The QB controversy has resurfaced in Austin, Texas. A stunningly poor performance by the Texas offense against Iowa State not only led to a 30-7 loss for the Longhorns, it also reignited the quarterback battle between Casey Thompson and Hudson Card.
On this week's game reaction edition of The Flagship Podcast, Horns247 columnist Chip Brown and managing editor Taylor Estes react to Texas being manhandled by Iowa State, which marked the fourth-straight loss on the year for the Longhorns. The Flagship weighs in on the resurfaced quarterback battle after Steve Sarkisian pulled Thompson in the first quarter and replaced him with Card, and what the head coach had to say about his decision to roll with Card even though the offense continued to struggle as the game wore on. Chip and Taylor also discuss Sarkisian's plans to reassess the starting role at quarterback moving forward, how reopening the QB battle could impact the Longhorns — a team still on the hunt for bowl eligibility — as they enter the final three-game stretch of the regular season, give the latest injury update on Bijan Robinson and much more!
Texas fans won't want to miss this loaded game reaction episode of The Flagship Podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome in, everybody to the flagship podcast. |
| 0:13.2 | I am Chip Brown of Horns 24-7, joined, as always, by our fearless leader, the managing editor of Horns 24-7, the one and only |
| 0:24.4 | Taylor Estes and Taylor, I am broadcasting from the Iowa State Coach's booth in the press box |
| 0:34.3 | here at Jack Trice Stadium. And for the fourth consecutive game, the coaches who sat in this room made better halftime |
| 0:46.5 | adjustments and turned this game once again into a tail of two halves. |
| 0:53.0 | Now, we did not get the quick start offensively at all, |
| 1:00.7 | which I thought would be the case this week. |
| 1:04.6 | I said on the flagship podcast this week that I thought Texas was going to be fighting from behind in this game, |
| 1:13.0 | although they did lead at halftime, Taylor. |
| 1:15.3 | Right. |
| 1:15.6 | My gosh. |
| 1:16.9 | The third quarter, the defense, which played brilliantly for a half, gave out. |
| 1:23.1 | The quarterback play was atrocious. |
| 1:27.0 | Nine, three, and outs. |
| 1:28.8 | They had more three and outs than points in this game. |
| 1:32.7 | They lose 30 to seven and suffer a fourth straight loss for the first time since 2010 when Texas went five and seven under Mack Brown. |
| 1:43.1 | And now Steve Sarkesian, who sounds like a broken record, |
| 1:49.8 | he has a mess on his hands on offense with no clear direction at quarterback. |
| 1:59.0 | Yeah. And that's, you know, the worst place that I think that, |
| 2:02.1 | especially an offensive-minded head coach, but a team in general can be. You know, |
| 2:06.5 | Texas is now nine games into the season. And, you know, for the second time this season has |
| 2:14.1 | pulled the starting quarterback, except this time Casey Thompson was pulled in the first |
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