Arch Manning takes in crushing defeat

Arch Manning had a tough begin of the 2025 season when the Texas Longhorns fell on Saturday afternoon for the title defender Ohio State Buckeyes.

Manning had extremely excessive expectations that went within the sport and had a tough time discovering the protection of the Buckeyes. He was 17-of-30 with 170 passing yards, a landing cross and an interception. He threw the landing cross to Parker Livingstone leaves the sport to cut back the scarcity. Ohio State, nonetheless, held up for the 14-7 victory.

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Texas Quarterback Arch Manning is falling again to cross in opposition to Ohio State, Saturday, August 30, 2025, in Columbus. (AP Picture/Jay Laprete)

The younger quarterback laid the loss on his shoulders.

“It took us too lengthy to get the ball over the sector,” he mentioned, Via ESPN. “That begins with me. … They’re a great crew, however I believed we’re beating ourselves so much. That begins with me and I’ve to play higher for us to win.”

Texas had greater than 27 minutes of possession and defeated Ohio State 336-215. However the assault had issue within the purple zone when it got here to the 20-year line of the Buckeyes. The crew turned the ball twice on Downs within the purple zone within the second half.

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Texas Quarterback Arch Manning fingers the ball to run again Quintrevion Wisner in opposition to Ohio State, Saturday 30 August 2025, in Columbus. (AP Picture/Jay Laprete)

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Longhorn’s head coach Steve Sarkisian defended Manning in his chat after the sport with reporters. He has credited the protection of Ohio State.

“They’ve a great schedule,” he mentioned. “They’ve a really good secondary, and so they did arc work. I believed bow had an opportunity throughout the remainder to essentially sit and take a look at the tape and to know a few of the protection they performed, I feel that helped him within the second half.”

Texas Longhorns Quarterback Arch Manning on the sector for Warming -ups for the competitors in Ohio Stadium. (Kyle Robertson/Imagn Pictures)

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Texas will return to San Jose State subsequent week. Ohio State performs grambling.

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