This is silly. Most people on here were posting on Texas message boards before Quinn was even born.
I will say Quinn's career has been super interesting and very different from past Texas QBs. Reclassifying out of HS and not playing his Senior season. He commits and decommits (understandably) to Texas. Then he is our first big transfer player. Then he's the first to have NIL and make shit loads of money. His career arc is very different than any QB that played for Texas before him.
I think it's undeniable to say Quinn transferring to Texas was the first major step back to relevance. Card and Thompson were JAGs, and Ewers' recruiting ranking/hype is exactly what was needed at the time. He immediately showed brilliance vs. Bama in 2022 before getting hurt. It's the flashes of excellence that make the amateurish WTF plays/decisions so frustrating. But that's all baked in at this point.
It's also been a very weird year schedule-wise. Inaugural season in the SEC, but the reality is the schedule was strange and pretty weak, which is no fault of Ewers or anyone else. He was excellent vs. Michigan, though that was the first sign that Michigan was pretty sucky this year. UGA was the only great team we faced and we lost to them twice. We were so much better overall than the rest of opponents that Ewers didn't have the opportunity to lead a comeback, instead we end up looking underwhelming on offense by holding leads and running out the clock for most second halves. If we played a conference schedule like OU this year, Quinn would've had many more chances to prove (or disprove) his greatness vs. better competition.
The injuries every year sure didn't help.
We are in the endgame now with a real chance at a championship. Arch takes over next year. Life is good.