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11 hours ago, Tex Long said:

With all due respect for our HC - and he deserves plenty of it - I join you in admitting that in those circumstances I also was thinking - hell, shouting - "First and goal, Sark! First and goal means First and Manning..." 

I don't believe there would have been any controversy about using Arch to add " or Keep " to the "RPO" call and taking away one or even two defenders from that short-yardage D.

Well... not if it worked the way it worked when he actually did it.

I guess we'll see. Can't wait.

His playcalling late in season with Arch was atrociously bad

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His playcalling late in season with Arch was atrociously bad

He should be been questioned over that nonsense. It’s like he was trotting him out for some token plays to shut up the fan base.
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13 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

His playcalling late in season with Arch was atrociously bad

I think it was more the lack of Arch. He got huge 1st downs in the OSU and Georgia games. Clemson is throw away. 2 carries for 13 yards with 0 attempts seemed a touch light. Understanding Arch may have had a concussion vs OSU, but I would have liked to see him more in the RZ

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On 7/9/2025 at 10:30 AM, Codaxx said:
On 7/8/2025 at 8:57 PM, BurntOrange&White said:

His playcalling late in season with Arch was atrociously bad

I think it was more the lack of Arch. He got huge 1st downs in the OSU and Georgia games. Clemson is throw away. 2 carries for 13 yards with 0 attempts seemed a touch light. Understanding Arch may have had a concussion vs OSU, but I would have liked to see him more in the RZ

He didn't get to pass nearly enough, especially in the RZ, which was infuriating. That shouldn't be an issue this season. Good times ahead, with some occasional WTF moments of growth induced heartburn I imagine.

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18 minutes ago, sith_horn said:

Good times ahead, with some occasional WTF moments of growth induced heartburn I imagine.

Yeah, Arch will likely be great with some "WTF moments" mixed in during 2025 due to his inexperience and/or OL/RB/WR mistakes...  

 

 

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23 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

Yeah, Arch will likely be great with some "WTF moments" mixed in during 2025 due to his inexperience and/or OL/RB/WR mistakes...  

 

 

True. He might throw an incompletion at some point. 

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Didn't see this posted. Texas Monthly article on Arch.

https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/arch-manning-ut-football-quarterback/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=webcta&utm_campaign=tm-free&gift_code=OTUxNjE0Ozg4OTMyZDY5LWVlNTgtNGVkYi04ZDI0LTE1MmJhYjg5MjBiMDsyMDI1MDgwNg==

The Unbearable Weight of Being Arch Manning

Pundits are touting him for the Heisman. UT fans are expecting the world. What do those other famous quarterbacks in Arch’s family make of the hullabaloo? Funny you should ask.

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Cooper’s illness affected Arch’s choice of college. In the spring of 2022 he was in the process of making his decision about where to go. Though he had considered many schools, he’d narrowed the choice to three, each of which he had visited four times: Alabama, Georgia, and Texas. Two of the three were dominant SEC teams at the height of their powers. Alabama had won the national championship in the 2020 season; Georgia had won it in 2021. Either school would have been an easy choice for the nation’s top high school quarterback and a logical gateway to the NFL. Both desperately wanted him.

Texas, on the other hand, looked like a program that was in a long-term decline. The 2021 season had been a minor disaster. Under the team’s new coach, Steve Sarkisian—who was fired by the University of Southern California in 2015 for incidents related to his alcohol abuse and later rebuilt his career as an offensive coordinator at Alabama under Nick Saban—the Longhorns had gone 5–7. To weary fans, it seemed impossible that with its heritage, facilities, money, and location, the University of Texas couldn’t do better than that.

Arch saw things differently than most recruits, in large part because his father and grandfather saw things differently. “Cooper had him in a very good frame of mind,” said Archie, “which was let’s find a school that you want to go to if something happens and you don’t play football.”

A clear point of reference was Cooper’s own devastating experience. “Go to a place where you will be happy,” Cooper said he told his son, “to a place where if you didn’t play a down, you would still enjoy your college experience. Have a little bit of balance. Have friends who aren’t just on the team, friends who are in fraternities and clubs.” For Arch that place was clearly Austin.

His instincts were right in other ways, too, starting with the team’s prospects.

“People forget that he committed to a 5–7 team,” said Cooper. “I said at the time, ‘Arch, this is a ballsy move.’ But he wanted to be part of something that was changing, growing, gaining steam and momentum.” Somehow the kid felt the momentum shifting. Since his arrival the team’s record is 25–5.

His gut also led him to pick the right coaches. “You had a pretty good sense that whoever was recruiting you, especially from the offensive coordinators side, probably wasn’t going to be there by the time you arrived, and that certainly is the case,” said Cooper. “All the offensive coordinators that recruited Arch are gone.” But at UT, Sarkisian and quarterbacks coach A. J. Milwee, who played a large role in Arch’s recruitment, are still there.

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It’s out of control and he’s definitely going to struggle. He gets that the last name has created a lot of this. He’s as prepared as he can be for that aspect. People are going to crush him when he doesn’t play well. He saw it first hand with Quinn, he will get it worse.

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3 minutes ago, Revolution512 said:

It’s out of control and he’s definitely going to struggle. He gets that the last name has created a lot of this. He’s as prepared as he can be for that aspect. People are going to crush him when he doesn’t play well. He saw it first hand with Quinn, he will get it worse.

If you read the article, it sounds like he knows it's coming and knows how to handle it. He lived through it from seeing how his uncles were treated. He's got a great family foundation to keep him grounded and supported.

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1 hour ago, Revolution512 said:

It’s out of control and he’s definitely going to struggle. He gets that the last name has created a lot of this. He’s as prepared as he can be for that aspect. People are going to crush him when he doesn’t play well. He saw it first hand with Quinn, he will get it worse.

By all accounts, Arch doesn't do social media. And he has the respect of his teammates who will have his back. I doubt the overblown public criticism, when it comes, will affect him much.

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2 hours ago, crash_davis said:

Didn't see this posted. Texas Monthly article on Arch.

https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/arch-manning-ut-football-quarterback/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=webcta&utm_campaign=tm-free&gift_code=OTUxNjE0Ozg4OTMyZDY5LWVlNTgtNGVkYi04ZDI0LTE1MmJhYjg5MjBiMDsyMDI1MDgwNg==

The Unbearable Weight of Being Arch Manning

Pundits are touting him for the Heisman. UT fans are expecting the world. What do those other famous quarterbacks in Arch’s family make of the hullabaloo? Funny you should ask.

This is something that Goebbels would be proud of.   I read about the hype.  I don't feel the hype.  I see a talented kid with a a great opportunity.   I am excited to see what Sark can do with him leading the team.   I am not setting expectations before I see this team roll out there for a couple of games.   

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2 hours ago, crash_davis said:

If you read the article, it sounds like he knows it's coming and knows how to handle it. He lived through it from seeing how his uncles were treated. He's got a great family foundation to keep him grounded and supported.

Yep, he has the whole Manning apparatus to fall back on when he needs help.  I love this kid because he has the right support system. Just call up Uncle Eli or Uncle Peyton when you need advice. 

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12 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said:

By all accounts, Arch doesn't do social media. And he has the respect of his teammates who will have his back. I doubt the overblown public criticism, when it comes, will affect him much.

Not only that he's got directly family that played QB in the NFL fairly recently, where hating on a QB is absolutely worse than any college including Texas. That's a support system that almost no QB has ever had prior. Add that to a logical, methodic process which was clearly strongly supported by his family and it puts Arch in a fantastic place. Sark, his team, his friends outside the team, family and access to any mental health assistance he could possibly want is frankly a dream for a college QB. Arch is 100% aware, as are his family of the certainty, not possibility, but guaranteed slams in the media and select fans the first time he falters or takes even a minor mistake. Being mentally aware and prepared in advance by family who know exactly what it will feel like is an advantage that many of us can't even fully understand. How many people have a family member in a public position that can prep them for success and the aftermath of failure in their chosen fields. That did the exact same job. A few coaches and politicians is all I can come up with that have experienced that reality.

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14 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Yep, he has the whole Manning apparatus to fall back on when he needs help.  I love this kid because he has the right support system. Just call up Uncle Eli or Uncle Peyton when you need advice. 

I believe Cooper, Arch's Mom, and Grandpa Archie are extremely valuable for advice and support for Arch too.  

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