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Preparation, patience paying off for Texas QB Casey Thompson

On August 29, Casey Thompson actually took a day off. Well, mostly.

Surely one of the most prepared quarterbacks in the country thanks to his diligent film study, the Texas Longhorns junior quarterback was dealing with some massively disappointing news — after spending his first three years on the Forty Acres backing up Sam Ehlinger, Thompson had just lost the starting job to redshirt freshman Hudson Card the day before.

“The day that I found out that I was not going to be this name the starter, obviously, I took that with a grain of salt,” Thompson said last week.