Texas’ head coach Steve Sarkisian made it official Thursday that Quinn Ewers will be back under center for the Red River Rivalry game against Oklahoma.
Ewers has missed the Longhorns’ last two games after suffering an oblique injury in the first half of the team’s 56-7 win over UTSA on Sept. 14. Arch Manning performed well in his absence, but with Ewers now healthy, he’ll return to the bench while the Heisman Trophy hopeful returns to the field.
The No. 1 ranked Longhorns are a sizeable 14-point favorite over No. 17 Oklahoma heading into the weekend. It’s the most they’ve been favored since 1970, when they were 17-point favorites in an eventual 41-9 win. The last time they were 14-point favorites against the Sooners was in 2005, in a game they won 45-12.
That being said, Texas has struggled mightily in the Red River Rivalry in recent years. The Longhorns have been favored in only two of the last 15 meetings and have gone 4-11 straight up. However, since 2016, when Texas is a 14-plus point favorite in a top-20 matchup, they’re 31-22 ATS.
