🏆 Arch Manning Threw Four, Texas Won 59–7 — Ohio State Is Next

Austin did the cupcake. Columbus is the exam.

No. 5 Texas opened 59–7 over Texas State in front of 102,738 at DKR. Arch Manning went 20-of-27 for 305 yards and four touchdowns, a career high, one pick. He hit eight different receivers. Cam Coleman scored from 6 and 20. Ryan Wingo from 8. Hollywood Smothers from 13. Graceson Littleton ran a fumble back 59 yards. 516 total yards. Manning left in the third at 42–7.

The first score took 108 seconds — four plays, 56 yards, Smothers’ 45-yard touch on play one. Texas has now won 39 straight non-conference games against teams from the state, since 1968. First meeting with Texas State in almost a century.

Why this is a Sunday story

Ohio State hung 56–3 on Ball State and already put Texas on the calendar: September 12, 7:30 p.m. ET, ABC. Third straight year these two play. The Buckeyes won the last two, including 14–7 in Columbus last September. This one is in Austin.

LSU 51–10. Alabama 48–10. Indiana 52–16. Miami 45–6. Week 1 was not close. Week 2 is.

What this means for you

If you needed Manning to look like the brochure, he did, then sat. If you only watch one game next Saturday, it is the Horseshoe versus the Forty Acres, flipped. One 59–7 does not travel. 305 and four scores is still the tape Ohio State will have.

Bottom line: the opener was a rout. The guest next week is 1–0 and No. 1.

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