{"id":423027,"date":"2023-04-16T15:31:25","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T15:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=423027"},"modified":"2023-04-16T15:31:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T15:31:25","slug":"steve-sarkisian-clears-the-air-on-qb-controversy-quinn-ewers-is-texas-starting-quarterback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/steve-sarkisian-clears-the-air-on-qb-controversy-quinn-ewers-is-texas-starting-quarterback\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Sarkisian Clears The Air On QB Controversy: &#8216;Quinn Ewers is Texas&#8217; starting quarterback&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the fact that Arch Manning stole the show at Texas&#8217; spring game this past Saturday, head coach Steve Sarkisian decided to start another quarterback for the Longhorns.<\/p>\n<p>Quinn Ewers is the Longhorns&#8217; starting quarterback, according to Sarkisian, who addressed the media following Texas&#8217; Orange-White spring game this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Sarkisian stated, &#8220;I think it&#8217;s pretty clear to say that Quinn&#8217;s our starting quarterback,&#8221; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/college\/texas\/Article\/Texas-Longhorns-Quinn-Ewers-starting-quarterback-Steve-Sarkisian-Arch-Manning-Maalik-Murphy-Texas-spring-game-208412731\/\">Taylor Estes of Horns247<\/a>. &#8220;And we feel very good about that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There is no QB controversy at Texas according to Steve Sarkisian. Arch Manning is now battling for the backup spot. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018I think it&#39;s pretty clear to say that Quinn&#39;s our starting quarterback\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YxI85ozQmo\">https:\/\/t.co\/YxI85ozQmo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OutKick (@Outkick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Outkick\/status\/1647376168134344704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Steve Sarkisian Clears The Air On QB Controversy: &#8216;Quinn Ewers is Texas&#8217; starting quarterback&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>High-level quarterback teaching is nothing new for Steve Sarkisian; it dates back to his days at USC, Washington, and Alabama, among other places.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous quarterbacks who Sarkisian coached have been selected in the NFL draughts, including USC&#8217;s Carson Palmer, Washington&#8217;s Jake Locker, and ultimately Alabama&#8217;s Mac Jones.<\/p>\n<p>Due to Sarkisian&#8217;s previous success with quarterbacks, Quinn Ewers was recruited via the transfer portal during the 2022 recruiting cycle, and Arch Manning was signed in the 2023 class just one year later.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Steve Sarkisian made a definitive call on the Manning-Ewers quarterback competition <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/adUtJ1l7fX\">https:\/\/t.co\/adUtJ1l7fX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sports Illustrated (@SInow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SInow\/status\/1647368136038006784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ewers is still the man in Austin, despite the quarterback drama that Manning&#8217;s committment sparked. Despite this, Sarkisian recently appeared on The Pivot Podcast and spoke with Ryan Clark, Fred Taylor, and Channing Crowder about what makes Manning unique.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The beauty of it is this &#8211; he&#8217;s a kid. He&#8217;s a college kid,&#8221; Sarkisian said. &#8220;So many times you see the Manning name and you think he&#8217;s this perfect in a box, nothing&#8217;s wrong with him. I&#8217;m not saying anything is wrong with him, but he&#8217;s still a kid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Steve Sarkisian on QB Quinn Ewers after Spring game. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;I think it&#39;s pretty clear to say that Quinn&#39;s our starting quarterback and we feel very good about that\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trey Wallace (@TreyWallace_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TreyWallace_\/status\/1647359517229817859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>To hear Sarkisian identify the Longhorns&#8217; starting signal caller thus early in the season is quite unexpected. But the Texas coach has definitely allayed any serious worries about a potential quarterback spat between Ewers and Manning, at least for the time being.<\/p>\n<p>During the Longhorns&#8217; spring game, Ewers completed 16 of 23 throws for 195 yards and a score.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/aldotcomSports\/status\/1647609552341180423?s=20<\/p>\n<p>On the other side, Manning only managed five completions on his 13 tries, totaling just 30 passing yards. He also ran for 15 yards to get the Longhorns a first down.<\/p>\n<p>On this particular day, freshman Maalik Murphy, Texas&#8217; other highly regarded quarterback, was a greater threat to Ewers than Manning. 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Quinn Ewers is the Longhorns&#8217; starting quarterback, according to Sarkisian, who addressed the media following Texas&#8217; Orange-White spring game this afternoon. Sarkisian stated, &#8220;I think it&#8217;s pretty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":423028,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[7131,7127,7129,7130,7128,7132],"class_list":["post-423027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nccaf","tag-quinn-ewers-qb","tag-steve-sarkisian","tag-steve-sarkisian-qb-controversy","tag-steve-sarkisian-quinn-ewers","tag-steve-sarkisian-texas","tag-texas-qb-quinn-ewers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}