Pete Thamel provides update on Quinn Ewers injury, timeline to return

During this Saturday morning’s edition of ESPN’s College GameDay, college football insider Pete Thamel joined the show to offer the latest update on Texas QB Quinn Ewers regarding a timeline for his return to the field.

Ewers sprained the AC joint on his right shoulder, his throwing arm, against Houston and will now miss his second game today after sitting out vs. BYU a week ago. However, after the Kansas State game, Thamel revealed that there’s some positive momentum towards a Ewers return next week. Here was the latest on the Longhorn star, which he explained to Rece Davis.

“Yeah Rece, some early signs of optimism for a return for Quinn Ewers next week against TCU. Ewers did not practice this week, but did begin a throwing regiment, which he hadn’t been able to do early on as he’s been dealing with that sprained AC joint in his throwing shoulder. So as we said, today we’ll see Maalik Murphy and a potential return to practice for Ewers next week. There’s optimism he could build back and return to the starting lineup against the Horned Frogs.”

So, it will be Murphy and possibly Arch Manning in place of Ewers this week before the Texas starter hopefully returns next weekend, as appears to be the likely case following this Pete Thamel report.

Rece Davis likes Texas over Kansas State

No. 23 Kansas State at No. 7 Texas is one of the juicier matchups on this weekend’s slate and one of the biggest games for the season in the Big 12. That’s why Rece Davis had to break it down and, in the end, make a pick for a winner outright and against the spread.

Davis shared his pick during the ‘College GameDay Podcast’ on Thursday. Like many coming into this game, he started by giving a lot of love to K-State for their recent 4-1 stretch, specifically their last two wins, in order to recover in the conference. He also noted one statistic or scenario that could play into the Wildcats’ favor in Austin on Saturday.

“How about the resurgence of the Kansas State Wildcats? Sort of given up after winning the Big 12 last year. This year? Lost a couple of games early, only one of them in conference. Now, there’s a five-way tie atop the Big 12. And Kansas State, what do you know, is right in the middle of it,” Davis said.

“The week after Houston played Texas to a touchdown game? You don’t want to overreact but Kansas State beat them 41-0. They haven’t given up a touchdown in their last two games,” Davis pointed out. “They have a Top-25 rush defense. With Texas? We assume, again, playing Maalik Murphy at quarterback? Might be a little bit more reliant on the running game, which has been very good for them.”

However, for all that respect for the purple, Davis then leaned back to the burnt orange at home. No matter how good the Wildcats have been as of late and in the past five seasons, he couldn’t ignore their record against Texas, especially since they will play this game inside DKR Memorial.

“The one thing I will say is that for all of the things that Kansas State has accomplished under Chris Klieman? They’re o-fer against Texas,” said Davis. “And, in fact, pre-dating him? They haven’t beaten them since 2016. That’s six straight wins for the ‘Horns.”