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Arch Manning jokes about his last time being someone’s backup
Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning spoke about being patient and poked fun about his time playing basketball in high school.
Less than four months separate Texas football from a season-opening clash with Ohio State.
While other top-flight programs around the country will begin their campaigns with cuddly matchups against Group of Five or FCS foes, the Longhorns are set to take on the defending national champions on the road. It doesn’t get much tougher. The matchup also serves as a rematch of a College Football Playoff semifinal in January (though the teams should look different, with new starting quarterbacks and a host of players from each program gone to the NFL).
With spring practice now concluded, here are three standout questions for the Longhorns to answer before they meet the Buckeyes on Aug. 30.
Who will be Texas football’s backup quarterback behind Arch Manning?
Most college football coaches aim to have at least four scholarship quarterbacks on their roster at any given time.
The Longhorns were set to enter the 2025 campaign with just three. Then head coach Steve Sarkisian swooped for Troy transfer Matthew Caldwell.
Listed at 6-foot-4, 203 pounds, Caldwell appeared in 10 games for the Trojans last season, starting six. He completed 63.2% of his passes for 1,608 yards and 13 touchdowns while throwing eight interceptions. Troy averaged nearly 36 points per game in the final five games of the season once he took over the starting job for good.
Texas will be Caldwell’s fourth collegiate stop. Before Troy, he appeared in 13 games over three seasons at Jacksonville State and Gardner-Webb.
Instantly, Caldwell becomes the most experienced member of the Longhorns’…
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