{"id":69553,"date":"2025-11-29T11:51:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T11:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/69553\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T11:51:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T11:51:11","slug":"arch-mannings-behavior-after-texas-texas-am-catches-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/69553\/","title":{"rendered":"Arch Manning’s Behavior After Texas-Texas A&M Catches Attention"},"content":{"rendered":"

In one of college football<\/a>‘s more underrated rivalries, Arch Manning<\/a> and the No. 16 Texas Longhorns<\/a> hosted Marcel Reed and the No. 3 Texas A&M<\/a> Aggies on Friday in the Lone Star Showdown.<\/p>\n

The two teams played for just the second time since 2011, as the rivalry was put on pause when the Aggies moved to the SEC<\/a>. Although Manning and the Texas offense were limited to just three points at the half, they woke up in a big way in the second half. The Longhorns erased a 10-3 deficit, going on to win 27-10, becoming the first program to beat three top 10 teams in a single season since LSU<\/a> in 2019.<\/p>\n

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Manning completed 14-of-29 passes for 179 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 53 yards and an electric 35-yard score. Texas also got a huge showing from running back Quintrevion Wisner, as he rushed for 155 yards on the night.<\/p>\n

While Manning’s performance during the game was gritty and one that many will talk about throughout the weekend, something he did after the game also caught some attention online.<\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning keeps the ball and runs for a touchdown.Scott Wachter-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

After Manning took a knee to run the clock out, he held onto the football and, through the crowd of players mobbing the field to celebrate, he found his head coach.<\/p>\n

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Amid all of the craziness, Manning made sure to hand the ball to Sarkisian in what can only be a sign of appreciation and admiration of the coach who has believed in him through thick and thin of what has been a roller coaster of a season.<\/p>\n

While Sarkisian didn’t discuss the gesture after the game, he did go on a passionate rant about why 9-3 Texas should make the College Football Playoff.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be a disservice to our sport if this team\u2019s not a playoff team when we went and scheduled that non-conference game (Ohio State<\/a>),” Sarkisian said<\/a>. “Because if we\u2019re a 10-2 team, that\u2019s not a question. But we were willing to play that game…Is that what college football’s about? Don’t play anybody and just have a good record or play the best and put the best teams in the playoff.”<\/p>\n

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The Longhorns will learn their fate on Selection Sunday, which takes place on Dec. 7 at noon ET.<\/p>\n

Related: Lane Kiffin’s Blunt Response to Coaching Rumors After Ole Miss-Mississippi State Game<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Nov 29, 2025, where it first appeared in the College Football<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In one of college football‘s more underrated rivalries, Arch Manning and the No. 16 Texas Longhorns hosted Marcel…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3230,261,1189,4055,3129,7911,35423,27,29,537,28,21148],"class_list":["post-69553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-arch-manning","tag-college-football","tag-lsu","tag-marcel-reed","tag-ohio-state","tag-quintrevion-wisner","tag-sarkisian","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-longhorns","tag-texas-news","tag-the-aggies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69553","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=69553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}