Tom Herman stuck with Sam Ehlinger, and that decision produced a star

Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports“I don’t have any doubt he has what it takes.”

Texas Longhorns head coach Tom Herman’s sentiments following the season-opening loss to the Maryland Terrapins likely weren’t echoed by many, but that mattered not because, well, the Horns head coach was right — Sam Ehlinger has what it takes.

That’s obviously easier to say in hindsight with Texas still just days removed from capping a 10-win campaign with a convincing, Ehlinger-led Sugar Bowl win over No. 5 Georgia. But in early September, amidst clamors for change at quarterback, Herman and his staff had to look beyond what the massing were looking directly at — yet another turnover-plagued performance, which, of…