{"id":212616,"date":"2025-07-16T22:09:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T22:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/212616\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T22:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T22:09:12","slug":"ncaaf-news-arch-manning-drops-bold-reminder-to-teammates-on-longhorns-season-opener-against-the-buckeyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/212616\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAAF News: Arch Manning drops bold reminder to teammates on Longhorns’ season-opener against the Buckeyes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buckle up, the NCAA season is looming on the horizon. Week 1 of college football\u2019s 2025 campaign will be a movie with no shortage of electric matchups. Perhaps the biggest showdown will be between Arch Manning<\/a>\u2018s Texas Longhorns and the Ohio State Buckeyes.<\/p>\n

The reigning national champions, the Buckeyes, will open the season against one of the biggest threats to their throne, the Longhorns. Guided by college football\u2019s biggest name\u2014Manning\u2014Texas<\/a> is poised to take a dominant step in the upcoming campaign.<\/p>\n

Manning will definitely have the eyes of Texas and the entire NCAA<\/a> upon him. While the 21-year-old signal-caller will have big shoes to fill after Quinn Ewers\u2019 departure to the NFL, the sky is the ceiling for the heir to the quarterback\u2019s royal family<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Needless to say, the Longhorns will be walking into a hostile environment on August 30 \u2014 the Horseshoe is no walk in the park for any college football program. As Manning and the hyped Horns roll into Columbus, Austin\u2019s team shouldn\u2019t expect anything different from Ohio State<\/a>. In case anybody in the locker room has forgotten, Manning was quick to remind them.<\/p>\n

\"Arch<\/p>\n

Arch Manning #16 of the Texas Longhorns warms-up prior to a game against the Alabama Crimson Tide at Bryant-Denny Stadium on September 09, 2023 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny time you get to open with the champs at their place is going to be a hell of a challenge, and I think we\u2019re excited for it,\u201d Arch Manning said during the SEC media day, via ESPN. \u201cThey\u2019ve got a lot of good players, new defense coordinator, Matt Patricia, which will be interesting. So we\u2019re excited. It\u2019s going to be a fun challenge. Glad I get to get a good one first.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Arch<\/p>\n

see also<\/p>\n

Arch Manning reveals key insight about his relationship with Quinn Ewers during their time with the Longhorns<\/p>\n

<\/a>No second chance at a first impression<\/p>\n

Lost in the buzz surrounding Manning is the fact that the matchup on Aug. 30 will be the redshirt sophomore\u2019s first start as QB1 in The Forty Acres. He patiently waited his turn behind Ewers and, finally, his time has come. Now, it\u2019s on him to step up to the plate, hopefully, to knock it out of the park. <\/p>\n

Second-to-none humility<\/p>\n

While his name speaks volumes, Arch Manning has never been one to puff out his chest. Instead, the young quarterback goes about his everyday life, stopping for autographs and pictures at almost every turn on campus. \u201cIt\u2019s weird,\u201d Manning admitted about the buzz around himself. \u201cI really haven\u2019t deserved any of this, so just trying to play along and play ball.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Steve<\/p>\n

Head coach Steve Sarkisian of the Texas Longhorns arrives prior to the Valero Alamo Bowl game against the Washington Huskies at Alamodome on December 29, 2022 in San Antonio, Texas.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe doesn\u2019t think he\u2019s more than he is, doesn\u2019t walk around pointing at the name on the back of his jersey,\u201d Steve Sarkisian said about his starting quarterback in Austin. \u201c[Arch is] just an easygoing guy. He\u2019s very relatable. And he works extremely hard because he wants to be really good. He\u2019s not doing it for anybody else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Building a legacy<\/p>\n

Obviously, being humble \u2014 or being full of oneself \u2014 doesn\u2019t necessarily say anything about how a player will perform when the college football<\/a> season kicks off in the fall. Manning\u2019s expectations won\u2019t be lowered because of his demeanor off the field. <\/p>\n

SurveyWho will win the SEC?<\/p>\n

Who will win the SEC?<\/p>\n

At the end of the day, he\u2019ll be remembered on The Forty Acres for his legacy at DKR\u2013Texas Memorial Stadium. And there\u2019s no better way to cement his name in burnt orange history than by hoisting the school\u2019s first national championship in 20 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Buckle up, the NCAA season is looming on the horizon. Week 1 of college football\u2019s 2025 campaign will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[615,7,49,48,69,1078],"class_list":{"0":"post-212616","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-arch-manning","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-football","12":"tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","13":"tag-texas-longhorns"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114865200634065896","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}