I said after tech that I would probably check out for the rest of the season if it wasn't for Ewers.
I've spent too much of the last 12 years miserable during and after games like tech. Life is too short if we keep putting product like that on the field.
That said, what we saw against bama was confirmed against OU. This team, in all phases, could not be more different with/without Ewers. I can only assume it all comes from confidence that we can win any game with him under center, as rationally the defense shouldn't really be that impacted by the change but clearly they are.
Until given reason to think otherwise, I believe we're a top 30 team without QE and a top 15 team with. How high in the top 15 depends on how consistent we can be. It's easy to get motivated for Bama and OU, let's see if we can maintain that intensity for ISU and the rest of the Big 12.
If we can, there's not a team left on the schedule that should scare us. Yes, OU is bad this year, but that was a dominant, dominant win over a team that still has a lot of talent. We won't lose another game in conference if we scheme and execute like that weekly (and stay healthy).
Now we sit back and see if we can sustain it. A decade of disappointment tells me not to get my hopes up, but I'm doing it anyway. Just like the team, I believe as long as we have QE.