Arch Manning was just gaining momentum. Victories against San Jose and UTEP followed by a clean sweep against Sam Houston, 55-0. The Texas QB1 still had issues, but you could see an upward trajectory. The Swamp put a screeching break to that climb. A 21-29 loss, and the spotlight again fell on Steve Sarkisian’s prized quarterback. After throwing two interceptions and getting sacked six times, the ‘hook’em’ fandom was again at a loss for words. For it was the Manning legacy they rallied behind. But maybe that very Manning pedigree is the culprit behind his present woes.
“The thing that’s working against Arch is expectations and that last name,” Shannon Sharpe says in a conversation with Chad Johnson and Johnny Manziel on the October 4 episode of the Nightcap . Every time you hear his nam