Heartbreaking news: Texas quarterback confidently announces his last season with the longhorns due to……
Unlike his iconic soft-drink commercial debut, where the Texas quarterback confidently assured Brian Bosworth, playing a sheriff, that he didn’t need a backup, the situation was quite different on Saturday night.
Texas absolutely needed Arch Manning this time.
And they likely will again soon. Ever since the five-star recruit from New Orleans, with the most famous last name in football, signed with the Longhorns, Manning has been seen as the team’s future.
However, the 6-foot-4, 225-pound redshirt freshman quickly became the present when Ewers went down early in the second quarter with a strained abdominal muscle.
The hearts of the 101,892 fans at Royal-Memorial Stadium sank.
As Ewers, visibly frustrated, pulled his jersey over his face and headed to the medical tent, his well-known backup stepped in and delivered a standout performance, throwing four touchdown passes and adding a fifth score with a 67-yard run, leading to a commanding 56-7 victory over the UTSA Roadrunners.
