OTF Premium Interesting Arch Manning Trend from the Opener (Sunday AM)

[McCoyColt]

This o line has so much potential especially in the run game like Gerry said .

166 rushing yards at 4.5 ypc yesterday….. We would’ve sold our soul for that stat line vs UGA twice and Ohio st last year.

 

Arch just needs to hit the easy throws and sark needs to fix play calling. Defense is still elite and now we have an elite punter. Let’s run the table 🤘🤘

[LonghornFan4Ever]

2 minutes ago, McCoyColt said:

This o line has so much potential especially in the run game like Gerry said .

166 rushing yards at 4.5 ypc yesterday….. We would’ve sold our soul for that stat line vs UGA twice and Ohio st last year.

 

Arch just needs to hit the easy throws and sark needs to fix play calling. Defense is still elite and now we have an elite punter. Let’s run the table 🤘🤘

200+ ypg and 5+ ypc is very realistic for this running game if everyone stays healthy.  If they get more push in the short yardage and red zone situations, this could be the best rushing attack in America by the end of the regular season for a team that doesn't run the triple option.

Manning just needs to make the short and intermediate throws consistently, then the real fun will begin with his deep throws.  Do that enough and they'll be in Atlanta in December and Miami next January.  Don't do that enough and they'll be in Orlando playing in the Citrus Bowl.

[Red Five]

Mosley is pretty great at getting open and catching the ball. Getting him back will help, but it will still require the QB to be able to hit the broad side of a barn.

[Thanos72]

1 hour ago, diegozanna20 said:

Here come the overractions, once again

Nah. A basic brain will read nuance. I was thoughtful about the huge if but of course some can only comprehend in binary. 

[Bunk Moreland]

2 hours ago, marathon said:

Not sure who all was a culture fit  but one player in the portal that would make defenses pay attention every play was Zachariah Branch. 

It would have been fun to watch Branch and Wingo play together. 

My main concern for this season was the lack of explosive playmakers on offense.

I think Jack Endries will be good at TE… and maybe Livingstone will get more comfortable after the nice TD catch yesterday. 

Part of me wonders if Sark overcorrected a bit with the switch from speedy to big WRs. I do know this: Worthy, Mitchell, Golden all would have been open all day long yesterday.

[Coach840]

Speed kills imo

[harveycmd]

Ohio State played with a deep safety or field crossing corner (Wingo deep shot) to prevent big passing plays. That helped our run game some.

Arch just missed his intermediate and short passes. He seemed to rush throws once he made his decision. That hasn't happened before in his time on the field. Pretty confident he'll clean up his mechanical errors. He made some bigtime throws under pressure during the comeback attempt. 

[DanielOnorato]

Its good this type of game happened in week 1 if it were to happen at all. A slice of humble pie to draw attention to the areas that need adjustments and improvements on top of the many positives that are easy to overlook when in the line of fire.

I expect more leaders to step up and find a voice when dealing with conflict and for the team to rally and forge their own identity moving forward. There is a lot to learn from yesterday's battle but the sky is still the limit for this 2025 team.

[Lavalulu]

5 hours ago, Rocky P said:

Ive seen posts people saying that Arch has a hurt shoulder.  Any truth to it?  I thought the aame thing eith bow he was side arming a lot of passes he didnt need to.

Is there any truth to this?  Arch wasn’t connecting on seemingly easy throws, and his usual mechanics seemed off at OSU game.

 

 

[TexasLonghorns]

If Arch Manning had thrived in his debut, Sarkisian would’ve been praised as the QB whisperer who polished another five-star into a star. Instead, Manning looked unprepared after three offseasons in Sark’s system, and the blame is being pushed entirely on the player. That doesn’t square. Sarkisian sold himself as a quarterback developer — if his crown-jewel recruit isn’t ready, that’s on him.

[Oldest Horn]

18 minutes ago, TexasLonghorns said:

If Arch Manning had thrived in his debut, Sarkisian would’ve been praised as the QB whisperer who polished another five-star into a star. Instead, Manning looked unprepared after three offseasons in Sark’s system, and the blame is being pushed entirely on the player. That doesn’t square. Sarkisian sold himself as a quarterback developer — if his crown-jewel recruit isn’t ready, that’s on him.

Looking at this board I’d say Sark and Arch are taking their share of lumps. 

[Lavalulu]

1 hour ago, Oldest Horn said:

Looking at this board I’d say Sark and Arch are taking their share of lumps. 

Which is why I hope Arch has people around him who can give him good advice on how to handle the crazy noise.  Hope Arch just turns off all his social media apps and concentrate on what he needs to do.  Good or bad, social media attention is a huge distraction.
 

As painful as it was, I looked at Texas v OSU again.  I saw glimmers of an elite Offense led by an elite Arch.  Obviously they’re not there yet, but watching it again made me feel better 

 

[Oldest Horn]

4 minutes ago, Lavalulu said:

Which is why I hope Arch has people around him who can give him good advice on how to handle the crazy noise.  Hope Arch just turns off all his social media apps and concentrate on what he needs to do.  Good or bad, social media attention is a huge distraction.
 

As painful as it was, I looked at Texas v OSU again.  I saw glimmers of an elite Offense led by an elite Arch.  Obviously they’re not there yet, but watching it again made me feel better 

 

My guess is he has a couple of generations in his own family who can help him. 

[marathon]

4 hours ago, Red Five said:

Mosley is pretty great at getting open and catching the ball. Getting him back will help, but it will still require the QB to be able to hit the broad side of a barn.

Acho shows and diagrams 3 plays here. Constructive thoughts. The first and third clips Sark schemed them open. The other clip on the INT Acho explains the options.

 

 

[Assistant Regional Manager]

2 hours ago, TexasLonghorns said:

Instead, Manning looked unprepared after three offseasons in Sark’s system, and the blame is being pushed entirely on the player.

We get it dude, whatever take paints Steve Sarkisian in the most negative light is the one you are going to push. You also said this before the game, so which is it? 

 

[TexasLonghorns]

3 minutes ago, Assistant Regional Manager said:

We get it dude, whatever take paints Steve Sarkisian in the most negative light is the one you are going to push. You also said this before the game, so which is it? 

 

 

Both statements can be true at the same time—they aren’t mutually exclusive. It’s not about pushing a negative take, it’s about looking at the facts.

Sark didn’t have Manning prepared yesterday speaks to coaching, game planning, and execution. Even a good quarterback can struggle if the game plan is poor or the team isn’t ready.

Manning being better than a 7th round pick Quinn Ewers is about the players’ talent levels or career ceiling. Manning being a more talented or capable quarterback doesn’t automatically mean he would succeed if the preparation or system was flawed but he’d have given them the best chance had he played all of last season. 

 

 

[CQuast]

In no way do I want this to sound like I’m discrediting the work y’all have put out regarding camp, practice and scrimmages. I was just wondering if the Arch Manning we saw yesterday with the decision making, bad footwork, and wild arm slots which at times can be okay showed up in those scrimmages or practices in the windows y’all were able to view? This isn’t a slight on Arch at all, but was just wondering if there was glimpes of this earlier on? @Gerry Hamilton@CJ Vogel@Bobby Burton@Jeff Howe?

[4thandFive]

11 hours ago, Dread-headed Texan said:

If Sark called the whole game like he called the 4th quarter Texas wins. Arch took too long to get in a rhythm, but we're going to be ok.

Yep. Sark slow played the game…for too long.

[CoachBobbyFinstock]

4 hours ago, marathon said:

Acho shows and diagrams 3 plays here. Constructive thoughts. The first and third clips Sark schemed them open. The other clip on the INT Acho explains the options.

 

 

This is absolutely brutal to watch.

[UTexas]

5 hours ago, Oldest Horn said:

My guess is he has a couple of generations in his own family who can help him. 

I wonder how long Peyton’s voicemails were last night/today. 

[UTexas]

7 hours ago, TexasLonghorns said:

If Arch Manning had thrived in his debut, Sarkisian would’ve been praised as the QB whisperer who polished another five-star into a star. Instead, Manning looked unprepared after three offseasons in Sark’s system, and the blame is being pushed entirely on the player. That doesn’t square. Sarkisian sold himself as a quarterback developer — if his crown-jewel recruit isn’t ready, that’s on him.

Sark never “sold himself” as anything remotely close to that. Get out of here with that BS.

[Bonaparte]

13 hours ago, General Grant said:

One game doesn’t kill or make a season. Hard part is it’s a month until we know anything.  Offense was so awful it’s just left me with a hangover.   See everyone in Austin though. 

I completely agree, General. After watching the film breakdown of Arch’s game, his mechanics were poor, and he made several bad reads, particularly early on. He did show improvement as the game progressed.

[Kunu]

Watching Miami right now and FSU yesterday, something that stood out was the simple scheme of getting superior athletes the ball in space and letting them create. 
 

Sark did that often with Worthy and Bond. Short misdirection routes and let your athletes create. 
 

Any reason that was abandoned last game until the 4th Q?

[thatdude2]

14 hours ago, UT_Ro said:

Sark has to stop trying to control the game & just let Arch play.. The training wheels should be off & the playbook wide open!!

2nd note: Redzone put Neto at fullback & problem is solved, that's if he's still bought in losing his job

The problem is Neto hasn’t played fullback. That was the line of thinking against OU at the goal line with Murphy and Sweat. There are still fundamentals and position know how to evolve. 
 

Arch has to learn the rhythm of the QB sneak, if he takes a beat slower and goes to the left at tOSU, that’s a TD. 

[Hashtag]

5 minutes ago, thatdude2 said:

The problem is Neto hasn’t played fullback. That was the line of thinking against OU at the goal line with Murphy and Sweat. There are still fundamentals and position know how to evolve. 
 

Arch has to learn the rhythm of the QB sneak, if he takes a beat slower and goes to the left at tOSU, that’s a TD. 

I like the over the top that close to the goal line. It's so easy and all it takes is a short reach and jump. Way better than lowering head and hoping to get in especially when Ohio State packed 4 guys over our G-C-G.