"Texas Pom ATE": CFB fans react to Spirit Squad cheerleaders' viral routine at gameday
The Texas Longhorns played against UTSA on Saturday, winning 56-7. To increase the morale and add a touch of entertainment to the game, Texas' Spirit Squad performed its viral dance routine to loud cheers from fans.
Many fans also reacted to an Instagram video of the performance. They wrote several comments for the dancers, who wore orange cropped tops paired with white denim pants and black boots.
One Instagram user wrote:
"5,6,7…Texas Pom ATE."
"Sooo good, ladies! Making us alum ever proud," wrote another fan.
"Wow Girls, GREAT aliveness, sharpness, and togetherness, " one fan commented.
"I can’t stop watching this," a fan wrote.
Many other fans reacted to the Spirit Squad's performance.
"So fun, full circle! My Texas Pom years(the 90’s) we did Tootsie roll 😍👏🔥🤘🧡 this game was on fire, this routine, the drone show with flames and sparkles! Just another day at the best school ever," one wrote.
"Oh my girls look GOOD," another commented.
Texas' Quinn Ewers left the game against UTSA because of an injury
One of the biggest surprises that came from the game was QB Quinn Ewers' abdominal injury in the second quarter of the game. The injury forced him to fall and lay on his back as he waited for the medical staff. Ewers then walked off the field and did not look happy as he covered his face with his jersey.
Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian talked about Ewers' injury and said the team did not think anything was broken.
"It's an oblique strain, an abdomen strain. It remains to be seen, the seriousness of that, the length of that, but that's what it is," Sarkisian said, per FOX Sports. "We don't think it's anything structural or broken."
Sarkisian put backup Arch Manning in place of Ewers. Manning threw for a 19-yard touchdown on his first play and then ran for a 67-yard touchdown.