All anyone could talk about heading into the 2025 college football season was Texas quarterback Arch Manning . He was supposed to win the Heisman Trophy and lead the Longhorns to their first national title in two decades. Three games in, none of that seems tangible after a slow start .

Texas is 2-1 after a 27-10 win over UTEP at home in Austin. But a 17-point victory over a Conference USA opponent just isn’t good enough— at least not with a Manning under center . That’s the expectation, anyway.

Week 3 marked Manning’s only fifth career start, yet the hype around him has been more fitting of a two or three-year starter on the verge of leaving for the NFL. Currently, that’s not the case—not even close. And while context matters, it’s still concerning how poorly the Texas signal-calle

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