‘Quinn’s our starter’: Sark sticking to Ewers

Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterOct 19, 2024, 09:19 PM ET

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Dave Wilson is a college football reporter. He previously operated at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun.AUSTIN, Texas– In spite of benching Quinn Ewers for Arch Manning during No. 1 Texas ’30-15 loss to No. 5 Georgia on Saturday night, coach Steve Sarkisian stated after the game there was not a quarterback competitors. “Quinn’s our beginning quarterback,”Sarkisian stated.

“I appreciate the truth that we’re lucky adequate to have a backup like Arch that can come into the game and offer a trigger in some sense, however at the end of the day, Quinn’s our starter.”Routing 20-0, Manning went into the game with 4:43 left in the

first half. His very first drive ended in a punt and his 2nd ended with him fumbling the ball while attempting a pass, establishing a Georgia basket to make it 23-0 at the end of the very first half.Ewers had struggled in the face of Georgia’s pass rush. He was pressured on 6 of his 16 dropbacks, going 0 for 2 on those plays, with three sacks. Overall, Ewers was 6-of-12 passing for 17 lawns and an interception when he was benched.Sarkisian said Ewers ‘”eyes weren’t where they needed to be”so he chose to give him a chance to calm down and come back out for the second half, though Ewers stated he wasn’t informed until he was in the locker space at halftime. Ewers was asked if he concurred with Sarkisian’s assessment that he needed to reset.Editor’s Picks 2 Related” I imply, it seemed like I did,”he said.”I came out after, second half, and put a couple of great drives together, but it’s definitely an unusual position to

be in, for sure.

… I felt great. I thought I was making a few of the right choices. Obviously missed out on a couple here and there. However it is difficult.”Ewers and Manning were both under duress from Georgia’s pass rush. The Bulldogs got pressure on 39 %of Texas dropbacks. Georgia had 11 sacks all season however ended up with seven against Texas. The Longhorns rushed for just 39 lawns.”The game, the manner in which it went, allowed elite pass rushes to pass rush,” Sarkisian said.Ewers finished 25-of-43 passing for 211 lawns, with two touchdowns and an interception. Manning went 3-of-6 for 19 backyards.

“Quinn’s our starter, but I believe we’ve got to do a better job around him,”Sarkisian stated. “I believe he would inform you he can play much better, but we’ve got to coach much better. Everyone’s got to be much better for our offending football team to perform much better. “Ewers said he believed Ewers showed his competitive side in the 2nd half, keeping in mind,” I make sure he wasn’t the happiest guy with me “for taking him out of the game.The Longhorns’rocky showing was a disappointment for a top-ranked Texas team in front

of 105,215 in Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in one of the most awaited games of the season. However Sarkisian said in a 12-team playoff era, one loss doesn’t prevent the Longhorns from any of their goals for the rest of the season.”Losing a game like this doesn’t eliminate you, “Sarkisian said.”It was one game. … I believe we can sit around here and throw a pity celebration for ourselves, but I don’t understand what good that’s going to do for us.”Ewers concurred.” We lost to an excellent

group today and I think everyone understands that, “Ewers stated. “Obviously not the outcome that we wanted, but there’s still a great deal of football to be played.”