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ATLANTA ― Texas football quarterback Arch Manning didn’t seem aware of Steve Spurrier’s quip aimed in his direction a few weeks ago.
On a recent podcast with former Gainesville Sun columnist Pat Dooley, Spurrier questioned if Manning was worthy of the preseason hype surrounding him. Spurrier went on to explain if Manning was that good, why didn’t he take the starting job from Quinn Ewers in his first two years on campus.
With Ewers gone after leading the Longhorns to back-to-back College Football Playoff appearances, Manning will finally get his shot to lead the Texas offense as its starting quarterback.
“Steve Spurrier is a great coach and is he in the College Football Hall of Fame? Yeah, he’s here,” Manning said at SEC football media days on Tuesday, July 15. “So, I’m just worried about myself and trying to get better each day. That’s that.”
As the grandson of Archie Manning and nephew of Eli and Peyton Manning, Arch Manning comes from royal quarterback bloodlines. The 6-foot-4, 219-pound Manning was the No. 1 recruit in the 2023 class and chose Texas over offers from Georgia, Alabama and Florida.
In his first two years, Manning has filled in as a change-of-pace quarterback behind Ewers, passing for…
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