Texas this season was a stranger on the road in the Southeastern Conference — an eyebrow-raising outsider to the nation’s most powerful football league. “Away games are a little harder for sure,” UT quarterback Quinn Ewers said Monday with a slight grin of comparing life in the SEC to the Longhorns’ recent life in the Big 12.

For months, Ewers has deflected any and all inquiries about his future intentions. The Texas QB's focus lies on the challenge in front of him: a Peach Bowl clash with Arizona State (11-2) on Wednesday (noon, ESPN).

Kickoff between the Texas Longhorns and Arizona State Sun Devils in the CFP quarterfinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl is just under 48 hours away, yet the trash talk has already begun to heat up. Recently,