In preparation for the Red River Rivalry game against the No. 18 Oklahoma Sooners last weekend in Dallas, several important players for both the No. 1 Texas football team and head coach Steve Sarkisian had back problems. In Week 7’s Red River victory over OU, two important Texas football players were hurt. Quinn Ewers, a redshirt junior quarterback, made his comeback to lead the Longhorns’ offence for the first time since Week 3 against UTSA. Despite having to overcome a sluggish offensive start, he assisted Texas in winning 34-3 over Oklahoma in Red River at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on October 12.
Texas’s victory over the Sooners last weekend at Red River highlighted the team’s depth and talent. In the Longhorns’ 31-point triumph over Oklahoma on October 12, head coach Steve Sarkisian and his team not only displayed their brilliance on both ends of the court, but they also demonstrated the value of having a deep bench, particularly at the skill positions. In Red River, the Longhorns did sustain a few significant injuries to players on both sides of the ball during the two-deep play. With the highly anticipated top-five SEC clash between Texas and the No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs this coming Saturday at DKR, these injuries will be crucial to monitor for the Longhorns. These three significant injury updates pertain to Longhorns players competing in the Georgia game In week 8.
Due to an injury, true freshman punter Michael Kern was unable to attempt any punts for the Longhorns special teams unit during the weekend’s game versus Oklahoma. Kern’s status was labelled as “questionable” on Red River’s first SEC-mandated injury report from last week. A few days prior to the Red River game, he was later elevated to “probable”. Ian Ratliff, a former walk-on punter, took up punting against the Sooners while Kern was sidelined due to an injury. Considering the situation, he did fairly well, including a punt that went over fifty yards to aid Texas in the field position fight against Oklahoma early in the first half.
Kern is dealing with a groin injury that caused him to show up on the injury report for Red River against Oklahoma last weekend.
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