re: Check in if you think Arch Manning is a Dud or a Stud. For the record preseason statement.

I don't think he will match the hype, but he will be good SEC QB.

Somewhere in-between. He will do great against some teams but just like his uncles in the SEC will choke it all away when it matters most

Texas is loaded at every position this year. If they don’t go undefeated and win it all, the season will be a complete disaster.

A&M was loaded at every position a few years ago and did nothing.

He’s going to be really good

Mature
Mobile
Talented
Skill players around him
Good OL

He will be a top QB this year

Simms 2.0 without Applewhite to bail him out.

Maybe less talented than Simms, but a more famous name?

Surrounded by high talent, which may mask his shortcomings. Will throw more picks than anticipated, but will also look good against average talent as long as the WRs can bail him out.

Dud overall, but will look Middling due to surrounding talent. Press will jockride him as Stud and Heisman frontrunner until they cannot ignore his stats. Then they will regard him as Middling, but still refer to him as Heisman-quality.

Maybe a midseason injury will give him an excuse for poor execution? Anyways, their job is to hype up every game and player, cause more eyeballs on games = more $. No hate on the press for that, it is their job.

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Texas is loaded at every position this year. If they don’t go undefeated and win it all, the season will be a complete disaster.

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This simply isn't true. Texas is Bottom 5 amongst the Top 25 last year in returning production. That isn't an opinion. That was an ESPN ranking returning production of teams, so objective, not subjective. Somehow the media, the fanbase completely neglects to acknowledge the fact that Texas lost just as much as Ole Miss, Ohio St, and Oregon. They had less than 50% returning production.

Texas isn't the kind of program that can say "If they don't go undefeated, it will be a major dissapointment" as Texas hasn't been able to beat great teams aside from Bama in 2023. They need to at least show they can beat the top of the SEC first for that.

The media salivates at the idea of another Manning and Texas being good again, the combo of the two? Absolutely makes the media go asinine, see Finebaum as an example. It will be interesting to see how the media handles Texas's inevitable losses, regardless of how many there are.

We won't know till he plays. Lots of rust to knock off

I would be surprised if he was bad or average. He had every advantage so it’s a given that he’ll be good…how good who knows?