.Jake Trotter, ESPN Senior WriterSep 7, 2024, 06:22 PM ETCloseJake Trotter deals with college regulation football for ESPN. He signed up with ESPN in 2011. Just before that, he worked at The Oklahoman, Austin American-Statesman as well as Middletown (Ohio) Publication newspapers. You can easily follow him @Jake_Trotter. ANN GAZEBO, Mich.-- Vince Young and also Texas involved Big Ten nation 19 years back and also delivered a statement. Imperturbable, Younger drove those Longhorns past No. 2 Ohio Condition, preparing show business for Texas' wonderful go to the national championship that ended along with Youthful's well-known dash past the Flower Dish pylon.The Longhorns were back in the Big 10 on Saturday. As well as responsible for another imperturbable quarterback, Texas once again provided a declaration-- this time in the Big Home-- that these Longhorns are actually primed for their very own title run.Behind junior quarterback Quinn Ewers, that, like Youthful carried out, keeps saving his finest functionalities for the brightest illuminations, Texas extensively disassembled No. 10 Michigan heading to a booming 31-12 success." This game isn't going to describe our season," Longhorns train Steve Sarkisian claimed later. "However I presume it would work as a decent barometer of the form of group that our company can be." Along with the rational Ewers, these Longhorns might be a staff that succeeds its very first national championship due to the fact that 2005. Encountering a Michigan self defense still packed along with multiple potential first-round NFL receipt selections, including protective address Mason Graham and also cornerback Will definitely Johnson, Texas relocated the ball at willpower. The Wolverines blitzed. They dropped back. They disguised insurance coverages. They made an effort every little thing. Nothing at all antagonized Ewers." We carried out a truly excellent work playing with grace and also calmness," Ewers said.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Longhorns changed 7 of their very first 8 attempts on 3rd down, along with Ewers discovering receivers repeatedly. He even turned on the additional third-down effort, however his rushing, 24-yard touchdown strike to DeAndre Moore Jr. on the position travel was actually negated through a storing call.That charge brought about a missed out on basket, yet it failed to concern. Ewers returned as well as carried on finishing elapseds." There is actually something concerning Quinn in his disposition. He's a very calm man. He is actually really gathered. He certainly never flights the mental rollercoaster," Sarkisian stated. "When you have actually got a quarterback that everyone can easily believe in, that simply energies self-confidence and also view that, 'Hey, permit's go perform our component, given that the individual that is actually storing the ball every play he gets on factor.'" The Longhorns possess reason to count on Ewers, who is actually today the only FBS quarterback in the country considering that the start of final season to toss 3 touchdowns without an interception versus multiple AP top-10 enemies, depending on to ESPN Statistics & Info. In 2013, Ewers passed for 349 gardens in a victory over then-third-ranked Alabama.Against Michigan, Ewers was actually just as prolific. He completed 24 of 36 masquerade 246 lawns, as Texas scored on four straight drives in the first fifty percent, consisting of three goals, to put the Wolverines on their heels.He shook a 21-yard goal to tight conclusion Gunnar Helm, that do with a career-high 7 events for 98 lawns. After that, after a Michigan fumble in the last minute of the first fifty percent, Ewers completed four organized passes, capped with a 5-yard touchdown throw to Matthew Golden on third-and-goal with 10 secs to go. The successfully pass put Texas up 24-3 as well as, properly, placed the Wolverines away." When he's positive [we really feel] unstoppable," Golden mentioned of Ewers. "We [think that] our company may score 60." But along with an enhanced outrageous collection right now apparently developed for the SEC, and also a defense that bewildered the Wolverines, Texas will not need to slash 60 to maintain winning games.Michigan created merely 88 yards of offense in the initial one-half, and also procured off merely nine plays the whole entire very first one-fourth-- their least in an initial one-fourth given that 2011, depending on to ESPN Statistics & Information.When Ewers opened a 7-yard goal exchange operating back Jaydon Blue late in the 3rd one-fourth, the Big Residence started to clear out." I was actually planning to find out about ourselves," Sarkisian claimed. "Would certainly our team be bewildered by the setting?" Our people played a quite made up soccer activity. They participated in tough, they played physical. ... We weren't truly trying to come to show just about anything. Our experts intended to play our brand name, our design of regulation football." Nineteen years back, the Longhorns learned in Week 2 at Ohio Stadium that they had an exclusive quarterback who could lead all of them to victory versus any individual anywhere. At that point Young did merely that, leading Texas to a significant gain USC at the Flower Bowl.The Longhorns possess another special quarterback today. And while other exams are located ahead of time, Ewers revealed once again, that along with him, Texas prepares to beat any individual anywhere.