Breaking: Quinn Ewers status for Mississippi State pushed to 90-minutes before game-time

Will Texas Longhorns starting QB Quinn Ewers play against the Mississippi State Bulldogs? On Friday’s official injury report, Ewers is listed as “questionable.”

During his Thursday media call, Texas coach Steve Sarkisian stated that the status of the Southlake junior would decided on Friday. Sark did qualify that statement by saying he wanted to give Ewers “every opportunity to show that he could play.”

By listing Ewers as questionable, the coaching staff won’t officially have to make the decision until the final injury report before kickoff, scheduled for 3:15 p.m. CT. The final injury report for SEC teams is due 90 minutes before kickoff.

Ewers suffered an oblique strain in the second quarter of Texas’ game with UTSA. Arch Manning stepped in and accounted for five touchdowns. Manning started the next game against ULM. Manning was good, but didn’t reach the level of performance he had against the Roadrunners.

There are pros and cons to starting Ewers Saturday. If Manning plays, Ewers gets a full month to rest his ab injury and should be close to 100% for the Oklahoma game in Dallas on October 12th. On the other hand, Ewers is the starter and the best of two solid options at QB. Texas might want to make sure they don’t slip up in its first SEC game.