What floors me is a year later after Julian already went to New York… It’s damn near consensus AGAIN that Manning gives them the advantage at QB.
How do you watch the two play and come away with Arch being the better QB?
I don’t follow at all, and when I hear that argument I Question the persons intelligence or their ability to read. All you have to do is look at the stats. One almost set the yearly completion percentage mark and the other still throws into double coverage multiple times a game. What are we even doing here?
Then there’s this odd thing that this year Texas spent money on their roster. I assure you they did last year and btw they spent more than we did in 2024 too.
Both rosters are great, and it’ll come down to the simple things as it always does.
1. Turnovers
2. LOS
I’m confident Julian will take care of the ball. Can anyone say the same for Arch? Bottom line is that if our OL isn’t just an absolute mess we’ll win the game.
If it’s circa 2025 vs Indiana again then yeah it’ll be a dog fight. But if they can just hold their own I don’t see Texas being within 2 touchdowns in the 4th.
They pretty much just point to the Indiana & Miami games......
you can do the same with Arch though
He was horrible in the Texas A&M game that eliminated them from playoff contention and was wildly mediocre at best in the Georgia and Ohio State games (both Ls where Texas only scored 17 points combined) He also threw 2 4th quarter INTs that helped seal Texas' loss to a bad Florida team.
Sayin's performances behind shoddy OL play in the Indiana/Miami games were still better than Arch's efforts against Texas A&M and Georgia.
A difference that often gets left out as well is that 2025 was Sayin's 1st season of getting real playing time. Arch played a decent amount in 2024 and theoretically with 2025 being his 3rd year in college compared to 2 years for Sayin, should be much further along in "development"