Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning had to be held back by a referee after scoring a touchdown in a wild scene during Saturday night’s game against Sam Houston State.

The rockstar version of Arch Manning that Texas expected finally showed up in tonight’s home game against Sam Houston State. At halftime, he had 227 passing yards, one passing touchdown and two rushing scores as Texas took a 31-0 lead into the locker room.

After a rushing touchdown in the first quarter, Manning stared down Sam Houston State linebacker Antavious Fish and was lucky to avoid an unsportsmanlike penalty. An official actually had to step in and diffuse the situation by warning Manning to stop:

Whatever it takes to get Arch going, we suppose.

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