Longhorns Strategy: Should Ewers or Manning Start Long-Term?

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00:00The Longhorns know that they play UL Monroe right now as a 44 and a half point favorite.

00:08They start their SEC action against a Mississippi State team that's dreadful and got beat in

00:12Stark Vegas giving up 41 points to Toledo.

00:15They know they don't need Quinn Ewers and I still think Quinn Ewers is probably going

00:19to start next week against Mississippi State.

00:21Then they have a bye before the Red River rivalry.

00:24So I don't think Quinn Ewers is fully healthy.

00:26There's no need to rush him back and Arch Manning is there.

00:29And I think Kev you can even see that on display with the Heisman Trophy odds because

00:33you sent in our CFT group chat as Arch Manning was tearing up UTSA last Saturday night in

00:39Austin.

00:40His 210 to 1 number came all the way down to 25 to 1 and Quinn Ewers who entered week

00:46number 3 as the Heisman Trophy favorite at a 5 to 1 price was only 5 bucks in front

00:52of his backup Arch Manning.

00:54And yet the market is kind of resetting here where Quinn Ewers' price is now 12 to 1.

00:58Again, and then John, you know, here's to hear how the tabs read, okay?

01:02Yeah, please.

01:03Games top 25 FCS Arch Manning National Championship.

01:06I get it.

01:07Okay.

01:08The statistics.

01:09I get it.

01:10It's backup.

01:11It's score.

01:12I gotcha.

01:1317.7 yards per pass attempt.

01:14Five touchdowns through the air, two on the ground.

01:15The rate 317.8.

01:16I don't even know what that is.

01:18I mean the passer rating for Arch Manning.

01:21Here's the thing.

01:22We can all sit here and be confident that they're going to give the football back to

01:24Quinn but you're saying that they're playing UL Monroe today.

01:28He might throw seven touchdowns.

01:29If he wants, he can.

01:30And the next week is Mississippi State.

01:31It's terrible.

01:32Are we sure they're going to bench Arch Manning?

01:35Are you sure they're going to bench Arch Manning?

01:36Yes, because he doesn't have any.

01:38Oh man.

01:39I gotcha.

01:40I tell ya.

01:41Quinn Ewers went into Alabama.

01:42Got the victory last year.

01:43Sure did.

01:44Went into Ann Arbor.

01:45Got the victories.

01:46Battle tested.

01:47Yeah.

01:48The Red River rivalries in a couple weeks.

01:49You want your best quarterback in terms of game experience, in terms of that matchup.

01:52Quinn Ewers, okay, goes into that game, throws three picks.

01:56When they're trailing, maybe then Arch Manning comes in in regards to a spark plug.

02:01But again, the reason why, to your point, why they're putting Texas and why he put Texas

02:06in regards to being number one is if Quinn Ewers had an ACL, God forbid, or a throwing

02:11shoulder injury, right, where there's the potential to lose him for the season, I think

02:16maybe people would be a little bit tempered and not, you know, maybe full-blown Texas

02:21number one.

02:22But that's secondary.

02:23He's only given up one touchdown pass.

02:25Five interceptions.

02:27And the front seven looks like it did last year, only giving up 105 rushing yards on

02:31the ground.

02:32So again, the interior looks like it could be played with anybody, Georgia, Alabama,

02:37and it doesn't matter who's quarterback.

02:39That's why I'm buying into Texas being a top three team.

02:42And the reason I moved them up to number one is because of how complete they are.

02:46I mentioned it.

02:47There's 16 FBS teams at the end of week three that were a perfect 3-0 against the spread.

02:51And there were four FBS programs booked as a favorite in all three, covering all three

02:57of those numbers, Texas included, by more than four, by more than two touchdowns per

03:01game.

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