Texas rose to No. 1 this week and Arch Manning captured the nation's attention with a four-touchdown performance following an injury to Quinn Ewers. But Steve Sarkisian said Monday that none of the hype or attention changes anything for the Longhorns.
Paul Finebaum and Trevor Matich discuss the Longhorns' chances of winning a national championship with Arch Manning as their starting quarterback. Dave Wilson is a college football reporter. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun.Manning threw for 223 yards and four touchdowns and added a 67-yard rushing score in a 56-7 win over UTSA after Ewers exited in the second quarter because of an oblique strain.
"I thought Arch really made good decisions Saturday. Obviously, it was a very efficient day," Sarkisian said, noting that his first play, a 19-yard touchdown pass to DeAndre Moore was his third read."That was encouraging his first play in. I thought the ball was really going to the right people.""Quinn, he just wants to keep playing, you know?" Sarkisian said.
"He didn't play very good," Sarkisian said."The growth that he's shown and the ability to work at his craft, there's a real level of appreciation, I think, from Quinn to Arch. But also Arch to Quinn because I know Arch has been there supporting Quinn through his journey as well. So that's a sign of a great room and a sign of a good team."
"My thing is I'm not going to change," Sarkisian said."This is what I was anticipating where we would be, and it was probably hard for a lot of other people to see when you're 5-7 , but we had a vision and a goal of where our program could be and the way we were going to get there, and so the messaging has been very consistent. I just don't think now's the time for me to start to change.
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