{"id":469457,"date":"2026-10-18T06:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T06:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/469457\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T06:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T06:36:15","slug":"steve-sarkisian-doesnt-rule-out-benching-arch-manning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/469457\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Sarkisian doesn’t rule out benching Arch Manning"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2026 season for the University of Texas is quickly imploding. And it could result in the benching of quarterback Arch Manning.<\/p>\n

Via Danny Davis of the Austin American-Statesman, Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian opened the door<\/a> to replacing Manning after Saturday\u2019s 27-24 loss to Florida.<\/p>\n

Asked whether Sarkisian considered making a change at quarterback, he said, \u201cI just felt like we didn\u2019t play good offensive football and we\u2019re not playing great offensive football right now. So everything is going to be evaluated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sarkisian then was asked whether that means his starting quarterback.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything means everything,\u201d Sarkisian replied.<\/p>\n

If K.J. Lacey replaces Manning, the college career of Peyton and Eli\u2019s nephew would be thrown for a loop. Not long ago, Arch was the betting favorite to be the first overall pick in the 2027 draft. If Sarkisian removes Manning from the lineup, he\u2019d likely take another year before joining the NFL \u2014 possibly after transferring to a new program.<\/p>\n

Against Florida, Manning struggled<\/a>. Last week, a pair of fourth-quarter interceptions in the Red River Rivalry set the stage for the first Texas loss of the season, 27-24 to Oklahoma. Next week, Texas hosts Mississippi.<\/p>\n

Carrying the Manning name is equal parts blessing and curse. It has allowed Arch to earn millions in NIL payments. It also has invited significant scrutiny and the creation of a high bar that he\u2019s currently falling far short of meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 season for the University of Texas is quickly imploding. And it could result in the benching…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-469457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}