Colt McCoy reacts to Texas' loss to Washington, speculates on Longhorns' future

Texas legend Colt McCoy dropped by The Pat McAfee Show on Friday to elaborate on what he thought of the Longhorns’ loss in the Sugar Bowl.

While it was a tremendous season for Texas, making it to the College Football Playoff, they came up just short, falling to Washington on New Year’s Day. Speaking on the game, McCoy’s disappointment came through, but his excitement for the future did, as well.

“You know, I’m been disappointed in the loss like everybody,” McCoy stated. “Turnovers and penalties will always, always come back and get you, but I don’t know what Quinn’s gonna do. I think if Quinn comes back I think they’re — they’re gonna be right there, they’re gonna be in the mix. I think he’s improved so much.

“But again, like I don’t know, he might decided to take off to the league and enter Arch Manning. So, you know, we’ll see what happens.”

Evidently, McCoy has the same concerns as many Texas fans. He’s wondering whether it’ll be Quinn Ewers or Arch Manning under center for the Longhorns in 2024.

Whoever the quarterback is, the expectations have changed for Texas moving forward. Colt McCoy recognizes that, and he’s hoping to see the Longhorns continuing their resurgence in 2024, as they move to the SEC next season.

Steve Sarkisian evaluates Quinn Ewers’ performance in Sugar Bowl defeat

Moreover, Steve Sarkisian brought the program a long way this past season, but certainly had to feel like the contest was in their hands when the confetti was falling at the Sugar Bowl.

Even so, Sarkisian was quite impressed with how his quarterback, Quinn Ewers, played and for multiple different reasons. He began with Ewers using his legs, finishing with 54 rushing yards on eight attempts. While Ewers is not thought to be a mobile quarterback, being able to escape pressure and big up chunk plays wound up being massive for Texas.

“I thought Quinn had a really gutsy performance tonight,” Sarkisian said. “Thought he utilized his legs extremely well. They were really trying to deploy and match routes and cover people. When that happened, he found some running lanes to use his legs to extend plays.”

Ewers was brought to Austin to thrive in Sarkisan’s passing attack and did such against Washington. A lot of batted balls came early but once Ewers settled in, he was dealing with Texas’ weapons. He wound up with 318 yards and a touchdown on the stat sheet.