Bevo’s Daily Roundup: Texas HC Tom Herman says ‘nobody surprised’ at QB Casey Thompson’s Alamo Bowl performance

Texas Longhorns head coach saw it coming when sophomore quarterback Casey Thompson stepped in for an injured Sam Ehlinger, only to completely dominate.

Per the Dallas Morning News, Herman said, “Really, really proud of him. We knew at halftime that there was a strong possibility he was going to have to finish the game for us. Thought Mike Yurcich called a great second half for him, some max protection. This was a very, very complicated, complex, disruptive defense that we were playing. I thought Mike simplified the game for Casey, and Casey and his receivers delivered.” Herman continued, “I mean, nobody was surprised. Maybe all of you were because he hasn’t played a whole lot. But we’ve seen him in practice for three years. None of us were surprised.”

WHAT THE WISE MEN ARE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS

Austin American-Statesman: Future of Texas football shines in Buff blowout

Austin American-Statesman: Bohls: Thompson, Card ready to replace Ehlinger

Austin American-Statesman: Golden: Robinson is Texas’ present, future

Austin American-Statesman: Texas thrives with new-look offensive line

Austin American-Statesman: Torch is passed: Texas rides youth to Alamo Bowl win

Dallas Morning News: National reaction to Texas’ win over Colorado: QB Casey Thompson catches eyes with huge performance

Dallas Morning News: 5 takeaways from Texas’ Alamo Bowl win: RB Bijan Robinson steals show vs. Colorado

247Sports: The Good, Bad and Ugly from Texas’ 55-23 Alamo Bowl rout of CU

247Sports: Quick Takes: A lot of fresh faces impacted UT’s Alamo Bowl rout

Inside Texas: Best freshman duo since 2001, the 2020 class can be great, LJ Johnson tidbits

Inside Texas: An Alamo Bowl Stream of Consci_ _sness (offense)

Inside Texas: Day after QB thoughts

ICYMI IN BURNT ORANGE NATION

The Longhorn Pod reacts to the big Alamo Bowl win

No. 20 Texas overwhelms Colorado for 55-23 Alamo Bowl win: Post-game celebration thread

Youth movement leads No. 20 Texas to a 55-23 blowout of Colorado

No. 20 Texas vs. Colorado: Alamo Bowl game thread

Texas QB Sam Ehlinger unavailable for second half against Colorado

RECRUITING ROUNDUP

Burnt Orange Nation: 2022 4-star OT Kam Dewberry reveals top 10 schools

Austin American-Statesman: The Dotted Line: Brooks named Mr. Texas Football

247Sports: The Breakdown: Previewing 2022 WR targets for Texas

247Sports: The Breakdown: Previewing 2022 OL targets for Texas

BIG 12 BREAKDOWN

Our Daily Bears: Should Jacob Zeno be the presumptive starter going into 2021?

Our Daily Bears: Baylor-Alcorn State prediction

Frogs O’ War: TCU Basketball Week 5 preview

Frogs O’ War: The Texas Bowl has been canceled

Crimson and Cream Machine: Oklahoma vs. Florida: Cotton Bowl preview, storylines & predictions

Crimson and Cream Machine: Florida/Cotton Bowl Q&A: Kyle Trask, the depleted roster, the defense and more!

Cowboys Ride For Free: Malcolm Rodriguez announces he’s returning to Oklahoma State

The Smoking Musket: Culver and Tshiebwe lead West Virginia to 1,800th all-time win in 73-51 rout of Northeastern

Bring On The Cats: Ugly win is a win

WHAT WE’RE READING

Banner Society: Give coaches descriptively royal names

SB Nation: Fran Belibi is changing how women’s college ball does dunking

NEWS ACROSS THE LONGHORN REPUBLIC AND BEYOND

• Bijan.

• And one more look for this extremely athletic play by Alfred Collins.