Charles Thompson acutely understands the enormity of Nebraska's football tradition.
Boy, does he ever.
Thompson orchestrated second-ranked Oklahoma’s enormous 1987 win against No. 1 Nebraska in Lincoln.
Some dubbed it “Game of the Century II.”
Life takes interesting turns, doesn’t it?
When Nebraska popped on quarterback Casey Thompson’s radar in December as a possible transfer destination, what went through his father’s mind?
Well, two names in particular did: Mickey Joseph and Kenny Wilhite.
Joseph was a star option quarterback coming out of his Louisiana high school in the 1980s when the elder Thompson was a young option QB wizard at Oklahoma.