The Arch Manning era at Texas will officially begin in a few weeks when the Longhorns take on the defending-champion Ohio State Buckeyes a week from Saturday in Columbus.
Manning will be facing a ton of pressure from the moment that game begins, as expectations for the QB are sky-high heading into his first season as the team's starting quarterback. Texas is ranked No. 1 to start the season and he'll be thrown right to the wolves in the road opener against a Buckeyes team that is ranked No. 3 in the country.
Ed Orgeron, who won a national title during his days as the head coach at LSU, raised those expectations a little bit higher this week when he compared Manning to a current NFL star quarterback that the former coach knows pretty well—Joe Burrow.
During an appearance on , Orgeron didn't hesitate to name Manning as the one quarterback he would choose to lead a team in college football this year.
Then he made the Burrow comparison.
“And I'll say this conservatively… but Arch is as close to, or maybe as good as Joe [Burrow] as I've seen. And I've never said that about anybody”
Here's that clip:
Burrow, of course, was the QB on Orgeron's LSU team that won a national title. He also won the Heisman that year.
Will Manning be able to do either of those things in his first full year as a starter? We'll have to wait and see. But it's safe to say all eyes will be on him all year long, starting with that juicy showdown against Ohio State.
