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If 17 Games: 235.3 YPG or 4K Total

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Austin High… lol… “loyal forever”. Was Burke Collins the last player to get a scholarship from Austin High? Maybe there was a wr in there… Duncanville and Desoto have been good to us.

All time it is Austin High. It supplied Texas a lot of players early in the 20th Century. Post WW II, not so much.

Lake Highlands with Frank Okam and Phil Dawson and Justin Leonard in golf.

Austin Westlake has been good to Texas lately.

To me this is just asking "Will Arch stay healthy all year". Because if yes, then yes he will pass for 4k. If no then it's a matter of how much time he misses.

Eh sounds like he’s just looking for things to write. Basically, “what if everything goes wrong”? Well if everything goes wrong then Texas probably won’t be as good as people think. Mind blowing stuff! Texas doesn’t have proven depth… umm, well who freaking does these days? Sure we don’t have proven players behind the starters at every position. This can be said about every other team in the country. It’s just one of the only flaws to chat about when it comes to Texas.

Anyone notice how sloppy 05 championship game was? You had Reggie trying to toss the ball back that resulted in a turnover, you had Vince tossing the ball ball and Texas scoring that shouldn't have counted, Ross fumbling the first punt, and the missed fgs and extra point. If Texas plays just a little cleaner it's a blowout for the good guys.

Yes, it’s a possibility if Texas were to lose the SECCG and be seeded 5–12 in the CFP.

Couldn't we play 17 games, like we almost did last year? 12 regular season + 1 conference championship game ... if we are outside the top 4, say 5-12 like last year, we could play 4 more games to reach the championship round. Right? Or did I miss something?

4,000+ yard passers by year: 2024 - 7 2023 - 2 2022 - 8 2021- 9, including Bailey Zappe who threw for almost 6,000 yards 2020 - 2, COVID reduced games 2019 - 4, including two 5,000 yard passers 2018 - 3 2017 - 8 2016 - 8 2015 - 12, including one 5,000 yard passer 2014 - 4 So it is not uncommon to see 4,000 yard passers and will probably occour with 5+ considering the amount of potential games.

What I like digging into on Connelly’s posts are his efficiency projections for offense, defense, and specials teams. His projection for us having the 17th best efficiency ranking on offense is off to me, especially since he has Georgia at 8. I’m biased but we’re more talented / will be more efficient on offense. Our ST ranks 135th (which after last year, sure) but we brought in Matt Moran as a special assistant, punter Jack Bouwmeester, and kicker Mason Shipley.

Could be the biggest deterrent, no doubt. Ewers had four games in 2024 (excluding his injury game) where he threw for 202 yards or less.

I want this kids to be a longhorn and hope we make it happen.

The only problem is that we are probably going to blow every body out meaning Sark will be trying to run the clock out in every game.

To hit 5k ... 14 games: 357.14 YPG 15 games: 333.33 YPG 16 games: 312.5 YPG

I feel like the expectations for arch are becoming extravagant as the seasons gets closer. I just want to see him play a turnover free ball game against ohio state and we will go from there.

I am worried he is the type of guy who ends up at OU with a grudge and plays lights out in the cotton bowl against us. I hope we push for him. You can never have too many speedy edges who can disrupt a game.

Sign me up for standing in the pocket and taking a hit. My favorite throw from 2024.

5k or bust

I thought this was a really interesting question from @Jarveaux on a topic posted Friday afternoon. Could Texas QB Arch Manning be the first quarterback in Texas history to reach 4,000 passing yards in a single season? Doing so would set a new single season passing record for The University of Texas, breaking Colt McCoy's 2008 season of 3,859 yards. Given the length of the College Football Playoff schedule and the expectation/talent on roster currently, it is definitely within the realm of possibility. In fact, I believe it will happen. The Longhorns could play anywhere from 12–16 games in 2025. Of course, I think I speak for everyone when I say playing only 12 games meant something went terribly wrong. But for the sake of the argument, let's look at the required passing numbers to hit the 4k mark by games played. 12 games: 333.3 YPG 13 games: 307.7 YPG 14 games: 285.7 YPG 15 games: 266.6 YPG 16 games: 250.0 YPG Texas QB Quinn Ewers threw for an average of 289.9 passing yards per game in his 12 starts last year, totaling 3,472 yards. Given he missed UTSA and Mississippi State, two games where Arch Manning threw for a combined for 583 passing yards, it is fair to assume those numbers would have been comparable. Meaning, a healthy Quinn Ewers gets to the 4,000 mark last year. So for Manning, it is definitely a possibility. The University of Texas single season passing record should be on watch this fall. So back to the original question in the article's title – Will Arch Manning Hit 4,000 Passing Yards? The answer for me is simple. Yes. If the Texas QB remains healthy, there will be plenty of opportunity to run of the numbers and the length of the season will allow for Manning to eclipse the record set by the former Longhorn Legend.

I was running here to post North Shore