Within the greatest recreation of his faculty soccer profession to date, Texas quarterback Arch Manning grew into the celebrity he was touted to be with the nation watching.
No. 16 Texas (9-3) earned an enormous rivalry win over No. 3 Texas A&M (11-1) in Austin on Friday largely due to the second-half play of Manning.
Manning was solely 8-of-21 for 51 yards within the first half, and the Longhorns trailed the Aggies 10-3 on the break. Texas had a possibility to kick a area aim and lower the A&M result in 4 on the break, however an intentional grounding penalty incurred by Manning took that chance away.
Arch Manning lights up the scoreboard in second half
However with the assistance of a Texas protection that rattled TAMU QB Marcel Reed within the second half, Manning and the ‘Horns scored 24 second-half factors in a profitable effort.
Texas’ first drive of the second half netted three factors, however a strike from Manning to Ryan Wingo on the subsequent UT possession gave the Longhorns the lead and gave Manning some confidence.
