According to a recent On3 report, Texas quarterback Arch Manning’s was apparently dealing with a nagging foot injury for longer than most fans might have anticipated. In fact, Manning recently said he initially suffered the injury during the 2024 college football season, when he was subbed in for then-starter Quinn Ewers versus Texas A&M so that Manning could tuck it and run it into the end zone.
A bored sports media club, as it does, reacted zealously to the news.
However, head coach Steve Sarkisian
has come out and said that everyone needs to take a deep breath.
“I’d say on Arch in general, because I’ve heard some of the sentiment you’ve heard, people are overreacting way too much to this,” Sarkisian said, per On3. “The guy had a foot issue that we had to get fixed that we didn’t want to do last year right before the season and/or during the season. So we waited until after the season. He could have been back in spring practice probably in week three. But he’s in year four in our system, so him throwing 7-on-7, him throwing routes on air, that getting KJ [Lacey], Dia [Bell], and MJ [Morris] more opportunities to get accustomed to playing systematically for us. Rest assured, Arch Manning is fine. He looks great.”
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS
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RECRUITING ROUNDUP
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SEC SHOWDOWN
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Red Cup Rebellion: Ole Miss men’s golf wins the SEC Championship
Rocky Top Talk: Report details Chaz Coleman’s early struggles in Knoxville
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WHAT WE’RE READING
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NEWS ACROSS LONGHORN NATION AND BEYOND
- Not bad, folks.
