No. 1 Horns unsure of Ewers’ status for SEC debut

Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterSep 23, 2024, 02:04 PM ET

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Dave Wilson is a college football press reporter. He formerly worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun.Quinn Ewers remains doubtful for No. 1 Texas’SEC debut against Mississippi State as he recovers from an oblique pressure, coach Steve Sarkisian stated Monday.”He’s got to do enough to reveal me he can play,”Sarkisian stated. “Can he carry out the strategy? I sort of requirement to see how he responds from today’s work, and then what it appears like on a Tuesday, then a Wednesday, which are quite heavy days for him, and then how he rebounds on Thursday.” It’s going to be kind of a work in progress. But today was a great start. “Editor’s Picks 2 Associated Sarkisian said he was encouraged by the efficiency from backup Arch Manning, who made his first career start in the Longhorns ’51-3 success versus UL Monroe on Saturday night.Manning completed 15 of 29 passes for 258 yards with two goals and 2 interceptions, including one on his first ownership.”I’ve seen a great deal of young quarterbacks have a rough start, and after that rough start develops into a rough game,

“Sarkisian stated about the turnovers.”It was a little bit of a rough start for him, however I believed he rebounded and did some nice things for us.” Sarkisian took partial duty for a tactical plan that featured a great deal of deep shots, understanding Manning loves to throw them.”

Arch is a really good deep-ball thrower, and it gives guys opportunities to go make plays on those shots down the field,”Sarkisian stated.

“With a young quarterback, I’m kind of kicking myself a little. I want I had a couple of other freebie completions for him, just so that there could have been a little bit more balance getting that completion portion up, being effective, moving the chains.” Manning tried eight passes of 15 or more backyards. He told reporters after the game that he gave himself a C-plus for his performance, and Sarkisian on Monday kept in mind four or 5 plays where Manning had chances to examine the ball down without forcing throws that he missed.”That’s a difference of finishing 50%to 52%of your passes to 65 %,”Sarkisian stated. “So room for development there.”Sarkisian stated he feels good about where the Longhorns stand as

SEC play starts for the first time. After Mississippi State, Texas has a bye, followed by prominent matches against No. 21 Oklahoma in Dallas and No. 2 Georgia in Austin.Texas has actually outscored its challengers by 168 points this year– its most through the first 4 games of a season considering that 1977, according to ESPN research.”I think that we do have the depth on this lineup to endure the strain that the

SEC might place on your lineup over that eight-game season that you play in conference, so that part is most likely most encouraging for me, “Sarkisian said.

“You understand the SEC motto,’It simply indicates more’? I feel like at Texas, when you take this job, it simply implies more here, too.”There’s an expectation that we’re going to compete for a conference championship year in and year out, and there’s an expectation that we’re competing for a championship game. The conference may have changed, but our standard and our expectations actually have not.”