Texas ended its season in the College Football Playoff semifinals for the second-straight year. There’s, oh, about 150 programs in the nation that’d beg to be in the Longhorns’ shoes after their Cotton Bowl loss to Ohio State.

Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers announced on Wednesday his intention to enter the NFL draft, setting the stage for Arch Manning to be the Longhorns' starting quarterback in 2025. When Manning takes the field next fall he won't be making his first start with Texas,

Quinn Ewers was that guy. He was the No. 1 recruit, the first perfectly graded quarterback in the 247Sports Composite since Vince Young. His initial decommitment from Texas in 2020 as a high school recruit portended the end of the Tom Herman era.