On Aug. 14, the future of the Texas Longhorns program looked bright — it was a Friday evening that featured the commitment of 2022 No. 1 quarterback Quinn Ewers, a potentially generational talent, and the 2020 football season still possessed the opportunity for the Longhorns to finally win a conference championship and take a big step forward under head coach Tom Herman.
Two and a half months later, Ewers is back on the market after decommitting on Wednesday — he’s likely to make a quick decision with Ohio State as the heavy favorite — and Texas is sitting at 3-3 and unranked after a three-game stretch following the season opener that featured innumerable self-inflicted mistakes.