Quinn Ewers appears ready to return to the starting position for the Texas Longhorns Before their game, no. On Saturday, the Oklahoma Sooners were ranked 18th.
Year suffered an unexpected strain during Texas' 56-7 victory over UTSA on Sept. 14 and missed the Longhorns' final two games.
Texas listed Ewers as probable on Wednesday's injury report, meaning the star QB is likely to return. Competition on the Red River.
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Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers (3) watches Darrell Kay before the game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. (photo by Daniel Dunn-Imagon)
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“I think it's just about getting back on the pitch and representing it in training. Of course, when you take some time off, it's always a bit of a struggle to get back into the swing of things, but this is one of those games, especially Texas-Wow, looking at it this year, do spreads really matter?” Manzil said.
“I mean, it's one of those games where you absolutely know something could happen, so I think it's going to be very important for Quinn this week to get out there, get around the guys and get acclimated again. I think they are me.” Obviously I'll be ready to play, but again, it's one of those games where every year it seems like there's going to be a lot of fireworks and a lot of uncertainty about how it's going to end.”
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Former Texas A&M Aggies running back Johnny Manziel watches from the sidelines during the first half of the game between the Aggies and the Louisiana Monroe Warhawks at Kyle Field. (Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports)
Arch Manning held everything down instead of Yars when he got hurt. Manning threw four touchdowns on 12 passing yards after replacing Ewers in the Longhorns' victory over UTSA.
The Texas offense couldn't avoid defeat without its star quarterback, as Manning led the Longhorns to 86 combined points in his two starts in Ewers' absence.
In those two starts, Manning threw for 583 yards with four touchdowns and two interceptions.
The Longhorns had their bye last week, and that's when Ewers began ramping up his training in hopes of playing. against Oklahoma Saturday
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Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers (3) is helped off the field after being injured during a game against UTSA at Darrell Kay Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Saturday, September 14, 2024, in Austin. (PICTURE)
In Ewers' last game, he led the Longhorns from start to finish to a 31-12 road victory against the defending national champions. Michigan Wolverines.
Texas is 16-1 in the regular season since the start of last season, with its only loss coming last season at Oklahoma.
When Texas and Oklahoma begin play on Saturday, these two teams will play each other for the 120th time, but this will be the first matchup between these teams as members of the SEC. Texas and Oklahoma have spent the last 28 seasons apart in the Big 12.
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