If Manning stars in his first start, will the Longhorns stick with the hot hand at quarterback?
, who is still recovering from an abdominal strain he suffered in the Longhorns' 56–7 win over UTSA last week.
"I actually reached out to the Manning operation to get their take on the entire situation," Pat McAfee said Saturday on ESPN's. "The reality is, against this Louisiana-Monroe team, if Arch Manning throws for five touchdowns and runs 20 miles per hour-plus again today—the fastest Manning in history—there's going to be calls for him to get on the field."
"They know that's going to be a talking point, but they've already tried to kind of settle that before it even gets started."The Manning family is old school and you never lose a job because of an injury..There you have it. Once Ewers is healthy again, the Manning family would like him to retain the starting quarterback position—no matter how Arch fares in his first career start.
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