Steve Spurrier hasn’t lost his gift of gab.

The former Florida coach made headlines Tuesday for his take on Texas football and its quarterback, Arch Manning.

“People picking Texas to win the SEC in football,” Spurrier said on Another Dooley podcast. “They’ve got Arch Manning already winning the Heisman, too. My question is, if he’s that good, how come they let Quinn Ewers play all the time last year? He was a seventh-round pick.”

Ewers completed 293 of 445 passes for 3,472 yards, 31 touchdowns and 12 interceptions last season for the Longhorns.

“You’ll have to ask coach (Sarkisian), ‘How come you played that one instead of this one?’” Spurrier said. “Hopefully he would say, ‘Because we thought this one was better than that one.’ Isn’t that why you would play one guy instead of the other? Unless it was a discipline issue — and there was no discipline or anything. … If one guy’s struggling, give the other guy a chance.”

Ewers missed time due to injury. Manning did have back-to-back starts against Louisiana Monroe and Mississippi State, where Texas outscored its opponents 86-16.

He threw for 583 yards, four touchdowns and two interceptions during those games.

Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim. He can be heard on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile App from 6 to 9 a.m. daily.