Longhorns Daily News: Rice matchup will help decide who lands Texas’ backup QB job

The Texas Longhorns have a number of questions to answer in their Week 1 matchup against the Rice Owls, including who will backup returning starter and redshirt sophomore Quinn Ewers.

The options are simple: redshirt freshman Maalik Murphy, or true freshman Arch Manning.

“We’ll find out,” head coach Steve Sarkisian said earlier this week, per Inside Texas.

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS

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247Sports: Horns247 Staff Roundtable: Besides Quinn Ewers, who is the most indispensable Longhorn in 2023?

247Sports: The belief that maturity and growth will help Texas receiver Xavier Worthy reach greater heights in 2023

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Inside Texas: New faces will have plenty of impact for Texas on Saturday

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Inside Texas: Texas Football Theory: Detailed breakdown of Texas vs. Rice

ICYMI IN BURNT ORANGE NATION

Five-star DL Dominick McKinley set to decide on Friday

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Projecting the Texas depth chart vs. Rice

DJ Campbell to start over Cole Hutson for Texas at RG

RECRUITING ROUNDUP

Inside Texas: On Texas Football: Questions answered, who will be QB2?, Latest on Dominick McKinley, Wardell Mack

Inside Texas: Thursday afternoon recruiting intel: Ryan Wingo, Danny Okoye, Mater Dei standouts

Inside Texas: 2025 SMU commit Demetrius Brisbon updates his recruitment, latest from Texas

BIG 12 BREAKDOWN

Our Daily Bears: Pre-Snap Read: Previewing Texas State

Viva the Matadors: Viva’s Round Table Texas Tech football 2023 primer

Frogs O’ War: Keys to the Game: TCU vs. Colorado

Crimson and Cream Machine: Football Recruiting: An update on some of Oklahoma’s top targets

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WHAT WE’RE READING

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NEWS ACROSS LONGHORN NATION AND BEYOND

• Texas volleyball takes on the Stanford Cardinal this weekend.