Casey Thompson

[taybo20 3008]

Just now, Huckleberry said:

It was underthrown and fluttering but can be forgiven because of the back foot slip and the receiver having his guy beaten easily. But let's not get crazy and call it a great throw. It dropped right into Dixon's hands because Dixon adjusted well, not because it was thrown perfectly. 

Fair, it was not perfect, but it wasn't extremely underthrown or overthrown either. It was thrown well enough that Dixon was able to make a play on the ball, with a guy coming at Casey. I'm not real sure why we are even complaining or expecting perfection from a guy that had 4 completions this year prior to this game. 

[Hiphopopotamos 21158]

How great for Thompson if he can come into Spring and win the job in a fair competition - and still have three years of eligibility left.  3 years on the bench learning, maturing, and getting stronger.  Come in as a 21 year old first time starter and still have plenty of time to leave your mark on the program. 

[Mikey4 2484]

Fair, it was not perfect, but it wasn't extremely underthrown or overthrown either. It was thrown well enough that Dixon was able to make a play on the ball, with a guy coming at Casey. I'm not real sure why we are even complaining or expecting perfection from a guy that had 4 completions this year prior to this game. 

Exactly. It was also a high IQ throw. He found the open guy, saw his margin of error, and threw well within that margin. Dixon had to adjust, but the adjustment was slight, and he still caught the ball in stride.

[Vertigo 20461]

27 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

50 yards through the air with velocity, just spectacular. 

His best throw of the night was the juke of the DE and the lofted pass over 2 defenders to Brewer on 3rd and long. I was impressed with Casey in this game, but I am not going to pencil in 10 wins next season just yet. 

[Mikey4 2484]

How great for Thompson if he can come into Spring and win the job in a fair competition - and still have three years of eligibility left.  3 years on the bench learning, maturing, and getting stronger.  Come in as a 21 year old first time starter and still have plenty of time to leave your mark on the program. 

And let's not forget how much Bijan being in the backfield will open things up in the passing game. Thompson is going to see a lot of one-on-one situations when defenses realize they need to load the box to have any hope of stopping Bijan.

[taybo20 3008]

10 minutes ago, Vertigo said:

His best throw of the night was the juke of the DE and the lofted pass over 2 defenders to Brewer on 3rd and long. I was impressed with Casey in this game, but I am not going to pencil in 10 wins next season just yet. 

How can you with the current head coach?

[Blotto 23974]

10 hours ago, Spider2YBanana said:

No doubt. I always forget his dad was ou's QB. How was his dad as a thrower?

He could deal it back in the day.

[B00M 6725]

7 minutes ago, Vertigo said:

His best throw of the night was the juke of the DE and the lofted pass over 2 defenders to Brewer on 3rd and long. I was impressed with Casey in this game, but I am not going to pencil in 10 wins next season just yet. 

The only criticism I have of Casey was his jittery footwork in the pocket. Maybe it was a bad cleat/turf combo or nerves. To his credit, he overcame it in spectacular fashion and I'm excited AF about his potential. How bad is the got damn Pac12 if that team beat UCLA and Stanford? 

[immamac 44199]

35 minutes ago, taybo20 said:

Fair, it was not perfect, but it wasn't extremely underthrown or overthrown either. It was thrown well enough that Dixon was able to make a play on the ball, with a guy coming at Casey. I'm not real sure why we are even complaining or expecting perfection from a guy that had 4 completions this year prior to this game. 

Casey Thompson fucks, I'm sorry you misunderstood my other post in the game thread about his performance. 

[satyanash 15358]

45 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

The point is Sam can't make that same throw at all.

He can and has. It's hilarious to see the usual group of Sam haters pretend that he's never thrown a good deep ball. But that's neither here nor there, Thompson's play last night was very encouraging.

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[touchthemonolith 654]

Seems like a great kid who flashed a ton of talent. Looked great slinging the ball deep, made mostly smart decisions, looked electric when he ran the ball.

All the potential in the world; I'm anxious to see how many more Alamo Bowls he can win under Tom Herman's mentorship.

[bschoolprof 6335]

Really happy for this kid.  Putting aside our program's fuckery, this guy has worked hard, waited patiently, and appears to be a very good QB.  Imagine how proud his folks must be for his coming out party.  

[Drew 2833]

2 minutes ago, satyanash said:

He can and has. It's hilarious to see the usual group of Sam haters pretend that he's never thrown a good deep ball. But that's neither here nor there, Thompson's play last night was very encouraging.

 

Yeah, I think people are misremembering, or just flat fucking hate Sam.

Sam HAS made plenty of Big throws.  Deep and accurate throws.  He didn't do it much this season for a multitude of reasons, and maybe Casey is already better than he ever was at it.

But can't we stop this "Sam never has/couldn't make that throw" bullshit?  Ya'll just exposing yourselves.

[South Austin 53154]

20 minutes ago, Mikey4 said:

And let's not forget how much Bijan being in the backfield will open things up in the passing game. Thompson is going to see a lot of one-on-one situations when defenses realize they need to load the box to have any hope of stopping Bijan.

"Rachel Phelps Tom Herman will never allow that to happen."

[Pam Cummings 9823]

43 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

How great for Thompson if he can come into Spring and win the job in a fair competition - and still have three years of eligibility left.  3 years on the bench learning, maturing, and getting stronger.  Come in as a 21 year old first time starter and still have plenty of time to leave your mark on the program. 

If Casey is good enough, he will play awesome football and get drafted before those 3 years are up. Because that's what athletes with a high ceiling do -- go to the draft, not stick around in college for 5 years.

[Burt Macklin 19211]

4 minutes ago, satyanash said:

He can and has. It's hilarious to see the usual group of Sam haters pretend that he's never thrown a good deep ball. But that's neither here nor there, Thompson's play last night was very encouraging.

 

Lulz. Casey showed last night what a lot of us have been saying all season. Sam has been missing reads and not playing within the context of the offense. He’s still a good QB and the offensive struggled are not all his fault, but he has absolutely been missing open reads, struggled with accuracy and hung around in the pocket too long. He has  struggled a lot this year and he’s not a good fit for Yurcich’s offense, which relies on beating teams deep to open up the underneath stuff. 

[South Austin 53154]

1 minute ago, Burt Macklin said:

Lulz. Casey showed last night what a lot of us have been saying all season. Sam has been missing reads and not playing within the context of the offense. He’s still a good QB and the offensive struggled are not all his fault, but he has absolutely been missing open reads, struggled with accuracy and hung around in the pocket too long. He has  struggled a lot this year and he’s not a good fit for Yurcich’s offense, which relies on beating teams deep to open up the underneath stuff. 

The struggled is real.

[BurntOrange&White 41653]

11 minutes ago, satyanash said:

He can and has. It's hilarious to see the usual group of Sam haters pretend that he's never thrown a good deep ball. But that's neither here nor there, Thompson's play last night was very encouraging.

 

so time stamp which throw was 50 yards through the air on a dime for me....

[Nueces River Rat 5742]

1 minute ago, Burt Macklin said:

Lulz. Casey showed last night what a lot of us have been saying all season. Sam has been missing reads and not playing within the context of the offense. He’s still a good QB and the offensive struggled are not all his fault, but he has absolutely been missing open reads, struggled with accuracy and hung around in the pocket too long. He has  struggled a lot this year and he’s not a good fit for Yurcich’s offense, which relies on beating teams deep to open up the underneath stuff. 

Too many blows to head over his career.   Not all his fault as Tom’s philosophy on offense makes the QBS improvise more because of shit play calling.   It was the same with Tom’s mentor Greg Davis, but because Vince and Colt had better supporting members on the team along with being better athletes than Sam, they didn’t take the brutal punishment game after game that Sam did and they made Greg Davis offense look good with their talent alone. 

[Funk Doctor Spock 13121]

3 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

His injury issues go back to high school. 

I did not know that. Then yeah, he's going pro in something else. Good thing Herman wanted to make those injuries worse like a good coach does. 

[Js1 86943]

3 minutes ago, Spider2YBanana said:

I did not know that. Then yeah, he's going pro in something else. Good thing Herman wanted to make those injuries worse like a good coach does. 

Not like Texas coaches has a history of using their QBs as battering rams to destroy their shoulders and heads.  Colt, David Ash and Sam can start a support group. 

[perfectchaos007 6766]

1 hour ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

How great for Thompson if he can come into Spring and win the job in a fair competition - and still have three years of eligibility left.  3 years on the bench learning, maturing, and getting stronger.  Come in as a 21 year old first time starter and still have plenty of time to leave your mark on the program. 

 Thanks to Covid all of CFB can get the BYU elderly player experience 

Edited December 30, 2020 by perfectchaos007

[youdunnf'dup 2147]

I honestly feel like Sam should consider transitioning to TE in the NFL. We’ve seen it with Logan Thomas and Trey Burton recently. I actually think Sam would thrive in that role overtime 

[52-80 19379]

29 minutes ago, satyanash said:

He can and has. It's hilarious to see the usual group of Sam haters pretend that he's never thrown a good deep ball. But that's neither here nor there, Thompson's play last night was very encouraging.

 

Don’t misrepresent the argument. Sam has thrown accurate long balls in his career.  A starter at a P5 program is supposed to be able to do that. 
 

The problem is he hasn’t completed many of them. Especially in this season. You could point them to his being banged up and that’s fair. But plain fact of the matter is, medium-long throws hitting receivers in stride this season is embarrassingly few and far in between. 
 

Just watch a season highlight of Lawrence, Trask, etc to see the difference. Hell, Fields has probably completed more bombs in 6 games than Ehlinger has. 

[Funk Doctor Spock 13121]

16 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Not like Texas coaches has a history of using their QBs as battering rams to destroy their shoulders and heads.  Colt, David Ash and Sam can start a support group. 

God this makes me sad. Not that Sam was going to make the NFL, but I worry he'll be walking like Earl Campbell by the time he hits 35

[BurntOrange&White 41653]

20 minutes ago, Spider2YBanana said:

God this makes me sad. Not that Sam was going to make the NFL, but I worry he'll be walking like Earl Campbell by the time he hits 35

A bit hyperbolic?

[Funk Doctor Spock 13121]

2 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

A bit hyperbolic?

LOL yes. I should have added a /s

[taybo20 3008]

1 hour ago, immamac said:

Casey Thompson fucks, I'm sorry you misunderstood my other post in the game thread about his performance. 

I'm sorry it sounded like Herman's presser

Edited December 30, 2020 by taybo20

[markstanco 12773]

1 hour ago, perfectchaos007 said:

 Thanks to Covid all of CFB can get the BYU elderly player experience 

Do you think Taysom will come back for his senior season in 21?

[Sgt Hulk 14330]

3 hours ago, Jive Turkey said:

what if it turns out that VY is a poor man's Casey Thompson?

 

Sam overthrows this by 10 yards 

[EZ$ 2125]

2 hours ago, Vertigo said:

His best throw of the night was the juke of the DE and the lofted pass over 2 defenders to Brewer on 3rd and long. I was impressed with Casey in this game, but I am not going to pencil in 10 wins next season just yet. 

That play earned Brewer 10 WR screens next year. 

[LTtxfan 49910]

1 hour ago, Spider2YBanana said:

God this makes me sad. Not that Sam was going to make the NFL, but I worry he'll be walking like Earl Campbell by the time he hits 35

Unless Sam is just a back-up in the NFL, I hope his football playing days are done. 

Stay healthy and enjoy the rest of your life -- You're A Great Longhorn Sam!!  🤘

[ajax 2671]

8 minutes ago, Sgt Hulk said:

Sam overthrows this by 10 yards 

When he's healthy. When he's hurt, it's underthrown and jump ball. I love Sam and always will but he should move on.

[South Austin 53154]

17 minutes ago, ajax said:

I love Sam and always will but 

“I’m not an anti-Samite, but . . . .”

[naija 2961]

13 hours ago, Spider2YBanana said:

Sam ain't coming back. Why would he? Thompson has sat and learned what mistakes not to make. He's been patient, and he was hitting all the WR's on point. He made like 2 bad throws. Sam is a good kid, but he isn't beating out Thompson now. 

why do you believe it would be an open competition?

[Funk Doctor Spock 13121]

6 minutes ago, naija said:

why do you believe it would be an open competition?

I hope it's not. I liked what I saw from Thompson, even if it was just Colorado. He seemed so smooth and throws such a nice pass. I forgot all about the fact we had Eagles on the team when we didn't miss a beat with Moore. 

[hornfromdallas 334]

dont get too much wood about what u saw 

if herman is here next year casey will be coached to not run as much & to never keep the ball on a zone read 

[hornfromdallas 334]

 

[taybo20 3008]

 

 

[capnamerca 581]

4 hours ago, satyanash said:

He can and has. It's hilarious to see the usual group of Sam haters pretend that he's never thrown a good deep ball. But that's neither here nor there, Thompson's play last night was very encouraging.

 

The VERY FIRST THROW on that highlight reel is under thrown by four or five yards. Eagles has three full steps on the defender, and when the ball finally arrives, the defender actually has an outside shot at a PBU. That ball should be WAY farther in front of Eagles. It's a good read and good decision, but it's a hallmark average throw. 

[Texasrocks 2246]

5 hours ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

How great for Thompson if he can come into Spring and win the job in a fair competition - and still have three years of eligibility left.  3 years on the bench learning, maturing, and getting stronger.  Come in as a 21 year old first time starter and still have plenty of time to leave your mark on the program. 

Somehow Mike Leach had a guy like this ever other year. Some random dude who had been in the program for three years without starting and then averaged 300 yards a game.

[Vic Mackey 47847]

 

[0xdeadbeef 1695]

This feels like the Aggie Rollercoaster of Hype. 

Without a doubt Casey had a great game...

...but he came in in the 2nd half with a lead against a crap team that was overmatched, that didn't scheme against him and with a RB that was averaging 18 yards a pop. 

Did he play great? Yes.  Did he show a lot of potential? Absolutely.  Should we be excited? Hell Yeah. 

 

Comparing him to VY (or even Spenser Rattler who has a full year under his belt and a QB Whisper for a Coach) seems a bit premature.  

Let's see if he can have that type of performance against TCU, ISU or OU.  We have to also remember that it's going to be the same coaching staff that doesn't seem to develop or use talent very well.

 

Until Herman is gone, I don't believe Casey or anyone else can  lead us to the promised land

[Js1 86943]

We had a 7 point lead. It’s not like it was 35-0 after halftime and he came in. 

[Beer Drinker 685]

I have heard the “Sam was injured and it hurt his throwing” for 4 years now.  It reminds me of the “Aggy will only win 4 games if they are lucky this year” motto every offseason.

[Funk Doctor Spock 13121]

58 minutes ago, 0xdeadbeef said:

This feels like the Aggie Rollercoaster of Hype. 

Without a doubt Casey had a great game...

...but he came in in the 2nd half with a lead against a crap team that was overmatched, that didn't scheme against him and with a RB that was averaging 18 yards a pop. 

Did he play great? Yes.  Did he show a lot of potential? Absolutely.  Should we be excited? Hell Yeah. 

 

Comparing him to VY (or even Spenser Rattler who has a full year under his belt and a QB Whisper for a Coach) seems a bit premature.  

Let's see if he can have that type of performance against TCU, ISU or OU.  We have to also remember that it's going to be the same coaching staff that doesn't seem to develop or use talent very well.

 

Until Herman is gone, I don't believe Casey or anyone else can  lead us to the promised land

 

[Ignatius 4125]

6 hours ago, Js1 said:

Not like Texas coaches has a history of using their QBs as battering rams to destroy their shoulders and heads.  Colt, David Ash and Sam can start a support group. 

Are you seriously suggesting that Colt and Ash got used the same way Sam has?

[Majorcholas 557]

Something that really has me thinking since last night is the first throw Thompson made coming out of half. 

It was a double post concept. I cannot remember us throwing that once all year. Not only was it the first play Casey threw, but they came back to it later for another td.

so either we have run that play and Sam never threw it, (Checkdown, run, etc as we can’t see what’s happening on the other side) or Sam can’t execute that throw/read so it was never brought to the game plan.

it just seems weird that your first pass play would be something that the starter never ran/executed.

 

[Capn81 396]

Something that really has me thinking since last night is the first throw Thompson made coming out of half. 
It was a double post concept. I cannot remember us throwing that once all year. Not only was it the first play Casey threw, but they came back to it later for another td.
so either we have run that play and Sam never threw it, (Checkdown, run, etc as we can’t see what’s happening on the other side) or Sam can’t execute that throw/read so it was never brought to the game plan.
it just seems weird that your first pass play would be something that the starter never ran/executed.
 

I might get vilified by saying this, but this was the same damn thing I saw as an Eagles fan this season. Last night was like deja vu. Hurts comes in and it was like what? We have that play in the playbook? Same damn thing with Casey.

[NashLonghorn 297]

7 hours ago, Js1 said:

Not like Texas coaches has a history of using their QBs as battering rams to destroy their shoulders and heads.  Colt, David Ash and Sam can start a support group. 

Speaking of....what’s DA doing now?