AUSTIN, Texas — Arch Manning didn’t want to observe the tape to know he wasn’t ok on Saturday in No. 1 Texas’ 14-7 loss to No. 3 Ohio State. However he mentioned he watched all of it — the nice, the unhealthy and the ugly — Monday and is able to transfer ahead.
Manning struggled in his first highway begin, in addition to his first begin towards a ranked staff, going 17-of-30 for 170 yards with a landing and an interception towards the defending nationwide champion Buckeyes in Columbus.
“I maintain myself to a excessive commonplace,” Manning mentioned on Monday. “I’ve received to play higher, received to guide extra, received to get our guys to play properly round me and in the end I wasn’t ok.”
Texas coach Steve Sarkisian admitted he was pissed off after the primary half, by which the Longhorns had solely 79 yards of offense and averaged 3 yards per play. Sarkisian mentioned at halftime he had a dialog with Manning to reiterate that the sport wasn’t completely on him, one thing he skilled as a quarterback himself.
“I feel one factor that occurred a bit of bit to Arch is the sport can mount on you, and you’re feeling like, oh man, we’re not scoring, or I missed a learn or I missed a throw,” Sarkisian mentioned. “When in actuality you have a look at the scoreboard, it’s nonetheless 0-0. This sport, it was a really tight sport. I don’t suppose he wanted to press, and I feel he’ll study that as we go, particularly [because] he’s lucky proper now. He’s received a terrific protection on the opposite facet of the ball.”
Manning mentioned he settled in additional within the second half consequently and Texas managed 260 yards of offense within the second half. “I spotted we’ve received to go begin making performs and I let it rip a bit of extra,” Manning he. “I’ve received to start out that sooner.”
However the Longhorns nonetheless got here away with solely seven factors, which is the place Sarkisian mentioned most of his disappointment got here from. He mentioned there have been instances he thought Manning’s mechanics faltered, together with a key third-down misfire to Ryan Wingo within the fourth quarter down 14-7, when Manning’s arm angle dropped and the go was excessive and behind Wingo, who couldn’t reel it in on the Ohio State 46. On the following play, Manning needed to rush a throw to tight finish Jack Endries, who was tackled in need of the primary down and the Longhorns turned the ball over on downs.
Towards a protection just like the Buckeyes’, Sarkisian mentioned, these little particulars make a giant distinction whenever you’re throwing into tight protection.
“There have been a pair instances the place we had some crossing routes the place I didn’t really feel like he introduced his ft to the place he needed to throw the ball, which in flip compelled sort of a bit of bit extra of a sidearm supply, which isn’t his model of throwing,” Sarkisian mentioned. “A part of that’s simply discovering that consolation stage of belief with receivers in actual video games — not in follow, not towards the scout staff, however in an actual sport — towards a very good protection as a result of the home windows get small towards good defenses like that. So positively lesson realized on that stuff.”
The Longhorns return dwelling and face San Jose State on Saturday (midday ET, ABC), and are 36.5-point favorites, in response to ESPN BET. Sarkisian mentioned he has a whole lot of respect for Spartans coach Ken Niumatalolo, the previous Navy coach, and expects SJSU to throw the ball everywhere in the discipline Saturday.
Manning mentioned the main target over the following three weeks of nonconference play will likely be on themselves, with UTEP and Sam Houston following earlier than opening SEC play towards Florida.
“I’m decided,” Manning mentioned. “I feel that is going to encourage me to play higher and that’s what we have to win.”
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