Texas quarterback Arch Manning knows what needs to be corrected – ready to attack Week 2 in preparation for San Jose State
Texas quarterback Arch Manning wasn’t one to shy away from the media after Saturday’s 14-7 loss to Ohio State. The first-year starter owned it and took full ownership of what he needs to do to be better moving forward.“Just starting faster, getting completions, getting it to my guys in space, being consistent, and just operating […]
Texas quarterback Arch Manning wasn’t one to shy away from the media after Saturday’s 14-7 loss to Ohio State. The first-year starter owned it and took full ownership of what he needs to do to be better moving forward.
“Just starting faster, getting completions, getting it to my guys in space, being consistent, and just operating the offense and executing each play at a time,” Manning said. “I hold myself to a high standard. Recognize I got to play better. Got to lead more. Got to get our guys to play well around me. And ultimately wasn’t good enough. So yeah, I am hard on myself.”
Despite only losing by seven points, the talking heads were out in full force Saturday and Sunday. Manning knows what he wants to work on for Week 2 as Texas hosts San Jose State.
“Just continue to get better, not looking at the opponents, faceless opponents. Just go out and get better each week and improve as a team and execute and have some fun.”
Steve Sarkisian and Texas once again struggled to find success in the red zone.
Manning talked about this with the media and what to do about it moving forward.
“We had pre-snap penalties. I got to execute better on first and second down in the red area, and we just got to score when we get in the red zone,” Manning said. “You got to come up with six points. It’s it’s disappointing when you get that far and you don’t come up with any points.”
One fix for the red zone might be tight end transfer Jack Endries. He had a big game Saturday and, like I wrote over the weekend, could serve as a security blanket for Manning in crucial downs.
“He’s a really good player. He’s smart. He wants to be good. It’s funny, it seems like he’s been here a while. He’s only been here, what, like, four months,” Manning said. “So he’s a really good player, and we’re excited to have him.”
As Texas marches on, the season is not at all at risk. Arch Manning knows this.
“It was a long 24 hours, but I think I got it all out of the way. Watched the tape with everyone this morning … the good, the bad, the ugly, and then now we’re full on to San Jose State after I guess this media after we stop talking about it.”
It’s just one game and Texas has an entire Southeastern Conference slate to make up for it. And it might not even have to. Win 10 or 11 games and you’re still where you want to be and have everything you want to accomplish right there in front of you.
It all starts on Saturday at DKR when the Longhorns welcome in the Spartans of San Jose State. Which should be a nice bounce back spot for Manning and the offense.
