re: Has any athlete ever received as much undeserved hype as Arch? (High School & P4 Stats)

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Ron Powless

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I have not heard that name in a long time. He was supposed to be the next Joe Montana.

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Saunson69

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Why does this bother you so much????

His last name is Manning. The media needs big story lines to help sell their time. Arch Manning is a big story whether you want it to be or not.

Let it all play out. Enjoy the season.

Dude you jsut cherry picked the shite out his stats

I can tell you care a great deal with the amount of effort you out into this. I am not sure we care as much as you do.

I have a crazy idea if you can stay with me for a minute. Perhaps we should wait and see how he looks with a full offseason as the starter rather than create 5 threads a day whining about him.
He may be overrated and he may not. I am all for waiting to see how he looks before melting.

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Actually do something before getting hyped.

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Didn't he break all of his uncles’ records at the same high school? Those guys seemed to do alright in college and the next level

I’d say that’s doing something…

Shedeur Sanders

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If TX takes any more injuries on the O line Arch might not have things that easy out there.

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The only injury was to the back up right tackle, who was lost for the year.

There have been some minor injuries to Brooks and Goosby, but neither of them are even remotely serious.

Which is not to say whether Arch will have it easy or not. The OL is unproven, Arch is unproven, the TE is new to the program, one of the key running backs didn't play last year. It's college football. You're always going to have some level of attrition. New guys have to step up. We'll see how Arch does.

People on this thread keep saying, "we'll see against Ohio State."

I'd argue for Arch Manning specifically and for Texas in general, the game in Gainesville is much more important. For either Texas or Ohio State, I don't think the outcome of that game is that important in this day and age. When they faced off in 2005, that ended up being an elimination game, with the one loss OSU squad on the outside looking in as USC and the Longhorns faced off against one another in the Rose Bowl.

But for this year, either team might be able to get away with 3 losses and still make the playoffs. Certainly a two loss season will get them in.

The key is not the outcome of this game, but the measuring stick it provides. Both programs face less than stellar competition for a few weeks before going up against another legitimate foe - OSU versus Washington in Seattle, and Texas facing the Gators.

The level of improvement Arch Manning shows during that time - or the lack thereof - will be a way more important barometer for me than the snapshot we all get in Colombus two weeks from today.

Two weeks! College football is almost upon us!

From what I seen of him last year he looked pretty good.

Lets see what happens with him when he starts taking real hits without anybody taking it easy on him.