Ewers leads Texas to disturb of No

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.– Quinn Ewers finished what he started last season, passing for 349 yards and three goals to lead No. 11 Texas to a 34-24 triumph over third-ranked Alabama on Saturday night in a substantial win for a program trying to climb back into national championship contention.The Longhorns(2-0)provided the biggest success under Steve Sarkisian in a game that slipped away last season after a red-hot Ewers left because of a first-quarter shoulder injury. He was back and with another big weapon in Adonai Mitchell. This totaled up to a welcome-to-the-Southeastern Conference moment for a program set to join Alabama & Co. next season.It didn’t come without a battle from the Crimson Tide( 1-1), which has actually now seen three games slip away late in the past two seasons. Alabama had its 21-game home winning streak snapped along with a 57-game regular-season streak against nonconference teams dating to Nick Saban’s debut season, 2007. Mitchell delivered big against ‘Bama– again. The Georgia transfer captured goal passes of 7 and 39

yards in the 4th quarter. As a freshman, Mitchell’s 40-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter of the championship game game versus the Tide provided Georgia the lead and the very first of back-to-back titles.He caught the winner versus Ohio State in the semifinal also.

Then Mitchell headed to Texas and another showdown with Alabama.Sarkisian, a previous Alabama offensive coordinator, entered the game 14-12 at Texas and with simply 2 wins in 9 tries against ranked groups. He left with a doozie of a win over his former boss.Ewers was 24-of-38 death and tight end Ja’Tavion Sanders had five catches for 114 yards.Alabama’s Jalen Milroe delivered huge plays passing and running, however also was picked off twice on bad decisions. He was 14 of 27 for 255 yards with a pair of touchdowns.Both quarterbacks provided big drives to switch the lead in the final 16 minutes.Alabama didn’t grab its very first lead till Milroe found Jermaine Burton– also a transfer from two-time defending national champ Georgia– in the left corner of

the end zone for a 49-yard goal with 14 seconds left in the 3rd quarter.

That followed a fourth-down stop when Ewers could not manage the breeze under center.That lead ended up being a double-digit deficit once again in a whirlwind 84-second span.Ewers answered right back with a 50-yard pass and run to Sanders. Then he quickly struck Mitchell for his 7-yarder. Jerrin Thompson stepped in front of Milroe’s pass and raced 32 backyards to establish Jonathon Brooks ‘5-yard run.

Unexpectedly it was Texas 27, Alabama 16. Milroe and’Bama weren’t done.

Milroe recuperated a dropped snap and struck tight end Amari Niblack, who babbled for a 39-yard touchdown.Milroe’s

two-point pass made it 27-24 with 11:08 left prior to Mitchell’s long score put it away.The Associated Press contributed to this story.