On Thursday, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian found himself in a familiar yet bizarre situation when speaking to the media.
The Texas Longhorns are ranked as the No. 1 team in the country, rank in the Top-7 in both total offense and defense and their smallest margin of victory thus far is 19 points. However, he was still asked what it would take to make a change at quarterback in a game if Ewers is struggling, presumably to Arch Manning.
The question likely stems from the fact that in Texas’ Week 7 win against No. 18 Oklahoma, Ewers looked a bit rusty in his return after missing the past two games due to an oblique injury. He still ended up completing 20-of-29 passes for 199 yards and a touchdown, but he did open the game up with a pick and a handful of overthrows…