Will Arch Manning be Texas’ starting quarterback this season? | College Football Enquirer
Yahoo Sports national columnist Dan Wetzel and senior college football reporter Ross Dellenger are joined by Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde to discuss the Longhorn’s quarterback situation after Arch Manning’s impressive spring game performance. Hear the full conversation on the “College Football Enquirer” podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.
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DAN WETZEL: So Sark says, yours is the starter. But we're-- for our vulture purposes, we won't believe him.
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No, he's probably got two NFL quarterbacks there. Quinn Ewers is very good. And Arch looked very good here. And who knows? Better to have two NFL quarterbacks than none. I think he can play Quinn Ewers and then have him go pro, and Arch Manning assumes the job. He's not going to leave. It does not appear he's going to leave. I mean, he could. Ultimate luxury is you've got a guy saying, that's all right, I'm going to continue to compete and develop. But we'll see.
The thing about competition is, the guys on the team figure out who they like better. Quinn Ewers could be markedly, markedly better than Arch Manning. What we saw might have been an aberration. Or Arch Manning might be on his way to being the next great Manning. We really don't know. His Uncle Eli at Ole Miss redshirted an entire season, did not play at all. That was back when you couldn't play at all in redshirt. And then was a backup his second year, did not play-- so there's patience there.
I look at this Texas schedule. And this is a big year for Texas. I mean, this is a very good football team. I am going to say this. They are entering the SEC. Could have been worse-- now, this is not-- they're not going to get to play Big 12. But they open with Colorado State. Their big noncon is at Michigan. And that'll be very interesting, both for Michigan and Texas. But they're at Michigan the second week. Then they've got UTSA, Louisiana-Monroe, Mississippi State. They get Oklahoma in the Red Rivalry game. They then get a visit by the Georgia Bulldogs on the 19th of October.
But after that, it's Vandy, it's Florida, at Arkansas, Kentucky, at A&M, it's not simple, but it could have been worse. So it'll be interesting to see where this goes. I think that key game is that Michigan game, because if you can get through that with no losses, the chances of making the playoffs, even if you lose to Oklahoma and Georgia, might still be there. So but I just-- I wonder, if things start going a little rattly, that that's when you have a quarterback controversy.