Former Texas A&M quarterback was puzzled by Texas football head coach Steve Sarkisian's decision to bench quarterback Quinn Ewers in favor of Arch Manning during their 30-15 loss to the Georgia Bulldogs, per an interview with Collin Wilson of The Action Network.

Ewers got off to a slow start against the Bulldogs and for the second consecutive week did not look like himself. Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian made the shocking decision to bench Ewers toward the end of the first half, where the Longhorns trailed the Bulldogs 20-0 at the time, to see if Manning could provide the team a spark to get going.

Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian said he felt Quinn Ewers, his starting quarterback, "was a little uneasy" in the first half of Saturday night's loss to Georgia. Ewers completed 6 of his 12 pass attempts in the first half and turned the ball over twice before giving way to his backup, Arch Manning.

During the Week 8 SEC football matchup between Georgia and Texas, head coach Steve Sarkisian benched Quinn Ewers for Arch Manning.

Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian did not think that Texas played their best game against the Georgia Bulldogs, but Sarkisian gives a lot of credit to UGA. "Unfortunately we didn't play our best football tonight,

In his postgame media availability, head coach Steve Sarkisian appeared to put any quarterback controversy to rest for the time being. Though it would be interesting to see how things would have unfolded if Manning had been able to provide a spark to the Horns’ offense.

In the four-team College Football Playoff era, this would have been a devastating loss. Now that the CFP is at 12 teams, though, Texas still has more than a fair shot to make the CFP and win it all.

CBS Sports’ Brad Crawford wonders if Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian is allotting Quinn Ewers a long leash as the Longhorns’ starting quarterback after yanking him for Arch Manning during a 30-15 Week 8 loss to Georgia.