Over the past couple of weeks, Arch Manning has proven why he was one of the top quarterback prospects in the country coming out of high school with his dominant play for the Texas Longhorns. But in a brutal turn of events for him, it sounds like he’s headed back to the bench before what would have been the biggest game of his career.
Last month, Arch Manning took over as the quarterback for the Texas Longhorns after starter Quinn Ewers went down with an injury. He has performed well in his two starts, completing 41 of his 60 pass attempts for 583 yards and two touchdowns along with two interceptions as he led the Longhorns to two lopsided victories.
But with Quinn Ewers now healthy and back at practice, head coach Steve Sarkisian made it clear that Ewers will be the team’s starter and Manning will go back to the bench.
“You know, Quinn has earned and deserved that right to be our starting quarterback,” Sarkisian said this week according to On3.
“Arch has continued to work really hard. Like I said, we’re fortunate to have him and the player that he is, the leader that he is as well.”
Needless to say, this is some pretty brutal news for Manning just when he was starting to build some confidence and look truly dominant, and it led to a lot of reactions on social media.
“Arch gives them the best chance,” a fan said on social media.
“Sark is stupid, he learned nothing from Saban. This is why tx never has qbs that come in & succeed previous qb with no issue. There should be qb comps. Saban had no problem playing the best qb,” one fan wrote on social media.
“Manning is better,” another fan said.
“Arch is a much harder QB to defend due to his running ability!” another fan added.
“Nobody wants to see Ewers; they want to see Manning… period. But if you want to lose to OU, go ahead and play the ‘Damaged Goods’ Ewers,” another fan said.
“This is good news for OU,” another fan quipped.
It will certainly be interesting to see how Ewers performs against Oklahoma this week.
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