4 takeaways from Texas's dominant win over Michigan

No. 3 Texas football and star redshirt junior quarterback Quinn Ewers flexed their muscles in a dominant outing on the road on Sep. 7 in a win at the Big House over the defending National Champions. Texas controlled the game from beginning to end against the No. 10 ranked Michigan Wolverines and first-year head coach Sherrone Moore.

Quinn Ewers leads No. 3 Texas football to a decisive victory on the road over No. 10 Michigan

Head coach Steve Sarkisian and the Longhorns proved their big-time status in the new college football landscape as members of the SEC this year after another convincing double-digit victory on the road against a top-10 non-conference foe.

Last year, Texas defeated the No. 3 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide by a score of 34-24 at Bryant-Denny Stadium. That win over Alabama on the road established Texas's path for the College Football Playoff after winning the Big 12 Championship.

Texas's double-digit victory against Michigan this season was even much more convincing than it was last year against Alabama in Tuscaloosa.

While the scoring slowed a bit in the second half, the Longhorns had more than enough cushion with the 24-3 halftime lead to cruise to a convincing 31-12 win at the Big House over Michigan.

Here are four takeaways from Texas's dominant victory over Michigan on the road at the Big House in Week 2.

Gunnar Helm has a career day vs. Michigan

Senior tight end Gunnar Helm was a vital playmaker for Texas's offense and Ewers to get the passing game going in the first half against Michigan. He had multiple big-time catches to help get Texas on the board in the first half, including a 20+ yard touchdown catch for the first score of the game in the opening quarter.

Helm had already reached career-best numbers in a single game by the conclusion of the first half against Michigan. In the first half alone, Helm registered six catches for a career-high 72 receiving yards and one touchdown catch.

I would be remiss if I didn't talk about Helm's big yards after the catch in this game. Helm showed he could fight for those valuable extra yards, coming up with a career-high 45 yards after the catch in this win over the Wolverines on the road.

Unfortunately, Helm finished up coming just short of his first career 100-receiving yard game as he rounded out with seven catches, 98 receiving yards, and one receiving touchdown.