Seriously--He was pursued by EVERYBODY! Remember how Kiffin rolled out the red carpet? Bama, Georgia, everyone was after this superstar--Who sucks.

Last name is Manning

He sucks relative to his expectations. He has some talent. He's a middling qb. I thought this would be the game that was the definitive assessment of him. He's decidedly ok.

They saw the name but didn't see with their eyes. They wanted to believe and when he went to tu it had to be true. Truly an example of group think.

He's probably starting for Tulane right now had his name been Arch Smith.

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EOT

So, if he survives this year mentally he may not be too bad. He does show flashes of good play, but only flashes.
His line doesn't help him, he doesn't have the ability to help identify blitzes to change blocking pre snap. The game is moving too fast at the SEC level right now.
Hopefully, he figures it out just enough to stay on the field - it will benefit the Ags if he does, because I don't think he becomes good enough to take them beyond Outback Bowl appearances.

He's still really young. Maybe he just isn't ready yet. Top that off with the unreal hype and expectations, he'd have had to be the second coming of JFF 2012 to live up to all of that. Don't get me wrong, I am glad he's not as advertised!

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Just think…losing to Lagway and Napier…

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AND he committed to Texas. Double whammy.

Why in the world is Manning their running game? Maybe just maybe if Sark had his power running game like past seasons Manning would be functional? Look I thought Manning was badly oversold. I am no fan of Texas. But jeez what QB would do well in this Texas offense?

His name alone was worth massive marketing dollars to whatever university he decided to attend. Texas has already taken advantage of that regard.

His family very purposefully kept him out of competition at camps or against good HS players, so scouts basically just projected his measurables, "mechanics" and name.

He's got potential but the hype has always been overdone.

His current biggest strength is that he's hard to get down. His arm is very inconsistent (and sometimes outright bad) right now.

The best quarterback the news media ever made

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His name alone was worth massive marketing dollars to whatever university he decided to attend. Texas has already taken advantage of that regard.

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Like Deion.

There were plenty of people who said he was only a 3-star. I think he was the most controversial recruit I've ever seen.

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I saw flashes a potential elite QB if becomes consistent. He could be a problem by time we play him.

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Seriously? The back up is better.

There was annother…and surprisingly went the same route…Chris Simms.

Caldwell got in for one play and looked better than Arch did all season

Yup. It will be interesting to see if Sark will seriously open the competition for qb 1

Mainstream sports media bought into the tu hype machine

3 star talent.

5 star name.

Watching esipn this morning, looking at the bottom line. It was showing the games and schedules.

Every game was listed team name vs team name.

Except for that one "Arch Manning and the Longhorns vs Florida".

They don't even try to hide it.