Ahead of the Texas Longhorns' College Football Playoff semifinal matchup with Ohio State, one of the biggest questions was asked to star quarterback Quinn Ewers
Quinn Ewers, the starting quarterback for Texas, has faced a season filled with both impressive stats and unfair criticism. Despite posting 3,189 passing yards, 29 touchdowns, 11 i
If the Longhorns’ 28-14 loss to Ohio State at JerryWorld in the College Football Playoff semifinals was, indeed, Ewers’ last star-crossed chapter as
But Sawyer wasn’t done there. He stripped the ball from Ewers, recovered it and took off down a wide-open field for an 83-yard touchdown, putting Ohio State up, 28-14 — the eventual final score. OHIO STATE-TEXAS: Will Howard had a gnarly looking knot on his hand during the Cotton Bowl
Texas junior quarterback Quinn Ewers has declared for the NFL draft, ending a Longhorns career in which he led the program to a Big 12 championship and twice to the College Football Playoff but was not always embraced by a fan base eagerly waiting for Arch Manning to take over.
Former Ohio State quarterback Quinn Ewers started and ended his career with the Buckeyes after OSU's 28-14 win at the Cotton Bowl on Friday:
Jack Sawyer didn’t take it easy on his old roommate. With just over two minutes left in the fourth quarter of Friday night’s College Football Playoff semifinal in Arlington, Texas, the Ohio State
When the game ended, then, it was only right that Buckeyes quarterback Will Howard would salute his Longhorns counterpart, Quinn Ewers. In fact, Howard put off his immediate media
Did that pitch from Ewers to Wisner look familiar? As Ewers nearly suffered a sack, he flipped a pass forward just before his knee hit the ground.
The Longhorns had a chance to tie the game, facing a 4th-and-goal with just over two minutes remaining, but Ewers scrambled and was stripped, with Buckeyes' Jack Sawyer returning the fumble 83 yards for a touchdown.
Texas' best win this year is against Clemson in the first-round of the playoff. They haven't played a team as good as Ohio State, and they certainly haven't beaten anyone as good as Ohio State. This is going to be an incredibly challenging test for the Longhorns and they will have to play mistake-free football to get a win.
Ewers, a three-year starter, was expected to turn pro after leading the Longhorns to consecutive playoff appearances.