Will quarterback Quinn Ewers, as expected, be listed as questionable with an abdominal strain? Is receiver DeAndre Moore Jr., who left Saturday’s win over ULM and did not return, probable after practicing Monday? And what about reserve running back Quintrevion Wisner, who did not play against ULM after tweaking an ankle two weeks ago?

We’ll find out Wednesday, when Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian releases his first official injury report ahead of his team’s SEC opener against Mississippi State this week. The conference made such reports mandatory this year — which is just fine with Sarkisian, who has long been a proponent of following the NFL’s approach to various aspects of the game.

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“The report, I think it's a good thing,” he said during his weekly Monday meeting with reporters inside Royal-Memorial Stadium. “So that everyone's clear of why we do this report: It's so that we can minimize the leaks in all of our buildings. From a gambling perspective, everybody wants to know the truth, right?

"Everybody’s trying to figure out who's playing and who's not. And then everybody wants to call student trainers and student managers (and ask) who practiced, who didn’t, and all these things. So, at the end of the day, if that minimizes them having to talk to people, I'd just give the report. I mean, that's why the NFL has done it.”

Of course, Sarkisian will also take injury reports with a grain of salt, especially when it involves a team that the Longhorns will face in a particular week.

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“I'd love to say that everybody's just got this moral code, and they're going to exactly put down what's supposed to happen,” he said. “I'm not sure if everybody operates that way, right? I mean, it is football, so everybody's trying to look for an advantage somewhere in all this. So, I think (we) will monitor it, but I don't think we're just going to put all of our stock into what their injury report says.”

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