OTF Premium Thoughts on Arch Manning

[AusMOJO]

On 9/1/2025 at 2:37 AM, rgvhorn80 said:

It was shocking how bad he played. Now we know why Quinn started. I thought Sark was just being loyal

Considering how much better Beck looked against ND with Miami, I'd say Ewers not coming back somewhere else for another year was maybe a mistake on his part. We'll see how Beck does on the season, but he was a big reason they won that game, imo. 

Not sure who the rumored team was that wanted him but I do admire his loyalty to Texas and not wanting to play for anyone else. I just wonder if another year in college would've benefited him. As in if the guy sitting behind him wasn't Arch Manning, does he come back for another year?

[AusMOJO]

On 9/1/2025 at 2:29 AM, diegozanna20 said:

The Film Guy talked a bit about Texas at Ohio St., here's some of his takeaways(He gonna upload an in-depth film study later) :
- Ohio State's defense is the most complex defense he studided since he started his channel
- Says Caleb Downs is the best and most instinctual player in college football
- Ohio State was perfectly prepared for everything that Sark dialed up, says that it's the same thing that OSU was doing last year along with Georgia and Vanderbilt
- He thinks the worst thing coming out of this game, although he says he's not sounding any alarms yet, is Sark's gameplan and that he needs some new stuff
- He says that the moment was too big for Arch and that caleb downs pre-snap vs post-snap had a lot to do with it, along with the enviroment and the general talent on OSU's defense
- Says that Arch was one of the most sound quarterbacks mechanically and foot work wise he'd seen last year and that yesteray everything went out the window
- The good takeways for Texas were CJ Baxter and the defense, says they're still really good

I think this is pretty spot on. Not sure what Sark needs to do better play design/calling wise, but he seemed pleased with the calls in that 1st half, so not sure it's going to change. Seems like a lot of us underestimated Patracia's D and his influence on it. Seems like it rattled Arch more than we thought.

Arch seemed to have the tips from the get go, that first pass of his might've been the warning sign. He got it going late in the game but by then still too late and still making some poor decisions. 

[Philip Barber]

On 8/31/2025 at 11:56 AM, f1revo said:

I don't think their gameplan included having holes consistently created in the run game against their front 7.

In a game where there might not be any points scored by half, you kick FG.  Except for OSU’s wideouts, Sayin is bunch were raw.  They were not going to score more than 17.  Take the points in that type of game.