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Ryan Day and the Ohio State Buckeye’s football team were honored at the White House for their 2024 national championship victory.
There’s no holding back now. No pretense or protection.
Texas coach Steve Sarkisian laid it out for all to see earlier this week, leaving no doubt about expectations and goals for new quarterback Arch Manning.
“I hope it’s not a no-brainer for him to come back to school,” Sarkisian said.
And with those comments to the Touchdown Club of Houston, the offseason of hype has begun for the quarterback who has thrown all of 95 career passes.
That’s not some throwaway line from Sarkisian. It’s a unique window into what could one day be considered a monumentally poor decision by one of the game’s best coaches.
By not playing Manning more in 2024, and eventually putting him in position to play at a high level late in the season in games that mattered, did Sarkisian cost a uber-talented Texas team the chance to win a national title?
Because if Manning plays so well this fall that he leaves for the NFL after one season as a starter, what does that say about Sarkisian’s decision to start (and play) Quinn Ewers in 2024?
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If Manning is talented enough to play at a high level in 2025 and earn a pre-NFL Draft grade that warrants him leaving early, he should’ve been playing in 2024, too. If not starting.
Especially for a team that had a program-record 12 players drafted last week. For a program that has strung together three straight top five recruiting classes, and is as talented as any Texas team in decades.
Instead, Manning started two gimme games in 2024 when Ewers was hurt. He threw passes in all of six games for a…
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Publish date : 2025-05-02 13:56:00
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