All eyes were on the SEC Championship in Georgia this weekend as the Georgia Bulldogs were set to take on the Texas Longhorns.
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Texas Fans Demand For Arch Manning to Replace Quinn Ewers
Despite a highly anticipated matchup, Longhorns fans were not happy during the matchup. This was due to the lackluster play of their starting quarterback Quinn Ewers. Through three quarters Ewers was 21/33 for 313 yards and had thrown 0 touchdowns and an interception.
With a tie game, and an SEC Championship hanging in the balance, Longhorns fans began to clamor for Texas sophomore quarterback Arch Manning, who had been light out this season as a starter when Ewers got hurt earlier this year.
"Beck was holding Georgia back. It's time to admit Ewers is holding Texas back. We want ARCH MANNING," one fan said on X, formerly known as Twitter.
"Alright it might be Arch Manning time. Ewers is taking too many sacks, and his lack of mobility is killing them right now," another user added.
Texas QB Being Advised to Be Patient About Entering Draft
Arch comes from football royalty. He is the nephew of Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning. And according to ESPN's Pat McAfee, the Manning family would prefer for Arch to stay at Texas and develop.
"One of my source(s) in the Manning family told me this: 'We are old school and you never lose your job from an injury. ... Everybody assumes that Arch is on a fast track to the NFL but that isn't true... He wants to develop and stay in Steve Sarkisian's system,'" McAfee said.
Former Alabama head coach Nick Saban agrees with that stance on Arch's future. Noting that players going into the NFL prematurely ultimately hurts them in the long run.
"You can see in the NFL, some of the guys that are forced to play before they're ready — high draft picks and first-round draft picks — if they're not on a good team, they struggle early on," Saban said. "They lose their confidence, and that affects their ability to perform."
