NORMAN — Twin brothers Trevor and Connor Knight emerged from the Cotton Bowl tunnel, ran the field's length and planted a knee in the burnt-orange North end zone, completing their solemn, pregame prayer ritual last October.

Their father, George Knight, proudly watched from the south stands — unfamiliar territory for the Texas graduate and longtime Longhorns fan — before noticing some orange-clad spectators screaming at his sons.

“All I could think to myself was, ‘No. That's not right. Those are my boys down there,” George Knight recalled. “You were my people, and you shouldn't be doing that to them.' ... That got me in the OU spirit really quickly.”

In Saturday's spring game, fans get their first look at the battle to become Oklahoma's quarterback between Trevor Knight, junior Blake Bell and sophomore Kendal Thompson. Should Knight win the job, he'll likely lead the Sooner offense in October's Red River Rivalry game, a once-unimaginable situation for the kid who woke up each morning in a bedroom with burnt orange walls.