Texas Longhorns QB Quinn Ewers on Colorado State, slowing down, and the weapons on offense

Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers visited with the media this week and discussed how he's grown since his opening season at Texas, the weapons on offense, finding rythm and balance, the leaders in the locker room, and enjoying football.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
As I said, it's a Texas Tuesday, and that's when
we hear from Texas long worn football players. So we
do that every Tuesday as well. And we heard earlier
some thoughts and comments from Michael taff and we'll hear
some more from him in a little bit coming up.

(00:24):
But we'll also here from the quarterback of this long
worn football team. That of course is Quinn yours. So
he was also made available to the media yesterday and
so we wanted to hear from the quarterback. So here's

(00:46):
some things. First of all, here it is the season opener,
his third season opener as a long worn quarterback, and
he was asked, how does this the run up and
preparation to this particular season and are compared to the
prior to For.

Speaker 2 (01:01):
Him, I'm more able to just kind of take it,
take it all in, you know, week by week. Obviously
it'd be in the first week, but you know, I've
just been able to kind of sit back being being
more comfortable within the program. I'm able to just take
things in more and better than I would have in
the past couple of years. For sure.

Speaker 1 (01:19):
Well, I think that's probably a given, uh, based on
how everybody else is talking about him being the leader
that he's been and how much he's developed, and so
part of being a leader is helping some of the
newer faces, the newer guys, understand the language that Sark

(01:40):
speaks to his players, And that question was put to Quinn.

Speaker 2 (01:45):
I think it's super important for especially for those younger guys,
just to to fully understand the standard and the culture.
And I think that's part of us and then and
then it's just easier for for it to be carried
carried on year by year if that's the.

Speaker 1 (02:01):
Case, and it does make a lot of sense. So
when it comes down to being guys to step up,
he was asked if Texas needs one or two guys
like when Roshawn Johnson was there, Rojo or a Byron
Murphy to be that big voice in a big moment,

(02:24):
or do they have a big collection of guys like that.

Speaker 2 (02:26):
I mean, I don't think necessarily you need it. Every
team's going to be different year and year out. But
you know, if if that's the case, then that's the case.
But if we have twenty guys that are all on
the same page for in the same message, I don't
think there will be an issue.

Speaker 1 (02:39):
All right. So you know, a lot of guys have
said they like to enjoy the moment of this, and
we've heard sark save as well. He wants his guys
to enjoy every moment of having the opportunity. And for
a guy like yours on whose shoulders so much falls

(02:59):
the importance of balancing, slowing things down to embrace the moment,
but never getting too far away from the sense of
urgency of what he has to do on the field.
There's a synchronization that has to go on between those two.

Speaker 2 (03:15):
Me taking a step back isn't just like a thing
that I do. I guess every single player, every single
rep I still had, you know, urgency and want to
play at a super high level. I think just being
able to be more comfortable. I don't have so much
stuff going on in my head now, I'm more able to,
you know, kind of slow it down.

Speaker 1 (03:34):
He's got a lot of options, both in the backfield
and his receiving core, in the tight end cores. So
sometimes having all of those things, it's like when you
walk through a buffet and you forget about picking up
you know, something down there at the end of the line,
and you load up on one thing, you wind up
not getting everything you want or not having the appetite

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match the food properly. So how does he get into
a rhythm when he has so many different options at
his control?

Speaker 2 (04:03):
Yeah, I think that's what is important about springball and
fall camp, and you know, the weekends in the summertime
is just getting in a rhythm with all those guys.
And I think I think we did a great job
over the past however many months, has been getting used
to each other and then getting used to me.

Speaker 1 (04:21):
Well, that's an important part of it. And it also
raises his own excitement level when he has so many
playmakers on offense at his disposal.

Speaker 2 (04:29):
Yeah. Sorry, the best friend in the world whenever you
have guys that you know are more than capable of
playing on Saturdays and it's just a great feeling.

Speaker 1 (04:39):
Yeah, it certainly helps out an awful lot.

Speaker 2 (04:41):
Now.

Speaker 1 (04:44):
One thing that players as they grow older talk about
and I remember hearing Colet McCoy talk about this when
he left, Did Young talk about this with his left.
Other guys talk about it once their eligibility is expired.
I've heard it in different sports as well, and that
is the team which you miss most is the team

(05:05):
and the bonding and the activities to do that. He
yours appreciates those types of things much more than he did,
say a couple of years ago, now that he's gotten
a bit older.

Speaker 2 (05:18):
It's definitely definitely more fun as I get older, for sure,
doing the team activities. You know, when I was younger,
I think i'd rather just you know, be at home
by myself. But now, like I've been saying this whole time,
I'm just more comfortable with in the program, So being
out with the guys and top golf or whatever it is,
it's gotten a lot more fun for me, for sure.

Speaker 1 (05:37):
All Right. He was asked about the bonding of the group,
and he was also asked about the confidence that we're
Confidence always so very important with the football team. What
particular keys are involved in team growth as they try
to develop that confidence.

Speaker 2 (05:52):
I mean, I think I don't think we'd look at
it any differently.

Speaker 1 (05:55):
Than we have.

Speaker 2 (05:55):
I mean, obviously, going into the first week, we're still
you know, still got to find a rhythm in ourselves
and whatnot. But we definitely expect to win, and I
think we expect to win every game, no matter if
it was this year or the past couple of years.
But we're gonna go in and and focus on it
one week at a time and enjoy the process and

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try to try to win each each game each week.

Speaker 1 (06:19):
All right. So if you're going that well and you've
got a lot of confidence, how do you guard against
getting a little too confident, being a little bit cocky? Yeah?

Speaker 2 (06:27):
I think that's you know, what we've been trying to
build this culture on is discipline and toughness. And you know,
just because it's because we're Texas and we roll the
ball out there, doesn't mean we're gonna walk across anybody
we play. You know, we still got to go out
there and and you know, I have a right mind
about things and be disciplined and be tough.

Speaker 1 (06:45):
A couple of game related questions that what's what's he
expecting of himself? Uh, this Saturday in the opener and
by and large for the entire season.

Speaker 2 (06:54):
Yeah, I mean I think all those guys are gonna
get a good chance to play, and you know, whatever
whatever coach Suck wants and whoever when he wants in
the game, I know they're going to be able to capitalize.

Speaker 1 (07:04):
Yeah, that was the question about is he expecting to
see a lot of the younger guys play. I jumped
ahead of it. I got ahead of myself. Now what
is he expecting from himself?

Speaker 2 (07:13):
Yeah, I just play my game and enjoy the moment.
You know, you only get so many opportunities to play,
especially in DKR, so just enjoy the moment and have
a good time doing it. It's a kid's game that
I get to play, So

Speaker 1 (07:26):
All right, coming up, we're gonna hear more from Quinn
Ewers and some more from Michael Taff as well when
we continue on Sports Radio AM thirteen under the zone
of the iHeart Radio app.