Near-steer: Thompson was close to being a Longhorn
NORMAN - Paul Thompson sat face-to-face with Mack Brown six years ago, pondering the scholarship offer to play for his boyhood favorite — Texas .
"I was excited," Thompson said Tuesday. "Sitting in coach Brown's office...It was a tough decision to make."
The difficulty came in a contingency: Brown wanted Thompson for wide receiver, not quarterback.
Seems Brown had another prep quarterback in mind. Fe...
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