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Welcome to the Arch Manning Era at Texas.
The highly touted quarterback with a famous family lineage appears to be the new QB1 for the Longhorns after head coach Steve Sarkisian benched former starter Quinn Ewers against the Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday.
Ewers went just 6-of-12 for 17 yards and an interception before being replaced in the second quarter with Texas trailing the Dawgs 20-0.
Manning started a pair of games earlier this season while Ewers recovered from an oblique injury. He went 41-of-60 for 573 yards, four touchdowns and two interceptions in those games.
But Sarkisian’s decision to turn to Manning against Georgia was the first real sign that Manning was handed the reigns to the Longhorns offense.
Unsurprisingly, the football world had a lot of thoughts to the nephew of Peyton and Eli finally getting his time to shine.
Major college football news: Texas has benched Quinn Ewers, and Arch Manning is entering the game pic.twitter.com/RCM1zbo7tK
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) October 20, 2024
Arch is the most bombs away Manning to ever live. He had a dude wide open underneath
— aaron. (@ayroned) October 20, 2024
ARCH TIME!!!!
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) October 20, 2024
ARCH TIME!!!!
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) October 20, 2024
Texas Longhorn fans After Sark puts in Arch manning after Quinn Ewers is held scoreless against Georgia.#HookEm pic.twitter.com/ShAobTsjQa
— primalkey (@primalkey) October 20, 2024
Manning went just 1-of-4 for 8 yards leading to punt on his first drive. Texas entered the contest as the No. 1 team in the nation.