As likely the best quarterback to play for the Texas football program within the last decade, to-be senior star Sam Ehlinger is set to have a big final year on the Forty Acres. Texas hasn’t really had a true star quarterback behind center since Colt McCoy more than a decade ago. They were truly spoiled by having Vince Young and McCoy as the back-to-back starting quarterbacks.
To cap the 2005 season, VY would lead Texas to that infamous instant classic BCS National Championship Game in the Rose Bowl over the USC Trojans.