Arch Manning finally put together a performance that everyone’s been waiting for all season. After clearing concussion protocol just days before kickoff, the Texas quarterback walked into Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon against No. 9 Vanderbilt and delivered what might be his best half of football in burnt orange. Except, well, the timing actually couldn’t have been worse.
While Arch Manning was carving up the Commodores’ defense with surgical precision, millions of college football fans were scrambling to figure out how to even watch the game.
The first play set the tone for everything that followed. Arch Manning took the snap from the 25-yard line, put Ryan Wingo in motion, and hit him on a quick swing pass about five yards behind the line of scrimmage