On Sept. 14, Archie Manning sat in the study of his St. Charles Avenue condo and flipped on the TV to watch the University of Texas play Texas-San Antonio.

The study, lined with built-in bookshelves displaying family photos and keepsakes from Manning’s legendary playing career, is his happy place, his favorite spot to watch football games in his septuagenarian years.

Decked in a burnt-orange Texas hoodie, Manning and his wife, Olivia, hoped their grandson, Arch, would receive some playing time for the No. 2-ranked Longhorns in what figured to be a blowout. As a backup quarterback, Manning had played only sparingly in his first two seasons at Texas. Sure enough, early in the second quarter, he trotted onto the field after the starter, Quinn Ewers, was injured.

On Manning’s first play

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