Organized coaches know to prepare for anything, but Mississippi State coach Jeff Lebby has a hunch who will start for No. 1 Texas on Saturday.

Lebby expects to see redshirt freshman Arch Manning on the field for the Longhorns (4-0, 0-0 SEC) instead of junior Quinn Ewers, who is questionable with a strained abdominal injury.

“Regardless of who is at quarterback, both these guys are playing at a really high level,” Lebby said on his weekly coach’s show “Dawg Talk.”

“I would expect to see Arch, but there’s a real chance to see I think both of them too. So it'll be up until game time on that.”

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Lebby had nothing but high praise for Texas, which is making its SEC debut in Saturday’s game.

“This is a group that’s been, they’ve been dominant in all three phases,” Lebby said. “And this is group from a special teams standpoint, it’s got electric returners. They’re incredibly aggressive in how they call the game from a team standpoint offensively.

“And then defensively, it's been a group that has really has been dominant. Their first in America in so many different categories. They’re giving up five points a game. They’ve been great on third down, and this is a group that is playing with a ton of confidence and edge right now.”

The Bulldogs are desperate to improve their pass rush. Lebby’s defense ranks last in the SEC with just three sacks in four games. This week, MSU’s defensive line is going up against a Texas offensive line shooting for the Joe Moore Award, given to the best line in college football.

“It feels like maybe that's the one thing that's been missing last week or so,” Lebby said. “Yeah, we want to fight like heck to make these guys one dimensional. At the same time making sure from a QB standpoint, they’re not able to get in this really, really clean and good rhythm. So there's going to be great balance in that.

“That’ll be a fine line,” Lebby added. “It'll be constant cat and mouse on that part of it throughout the game, but finding ways to get off the field on third down will be huge.”