Texas rolled to a 35-6 win over BYU in its first game of the season without quarterback Quinn Ewers, who is expected to be sidelined for several weeks due to a shoulder injury. And although it was backup Maalik Murphy who got the starting nod Saturday, fans held out hope that five-star freshman Arch Manning would see playing time as well—which didn’t prove to be the case.
After the Longhorns wrapped up the win, Texas coach Steve Sarkisian addressed the decision not to play Manning despite the lopsided score.
“I’m always hesitant on those things to say, ‘Yes, he’s going to go in,’ because now I’m going to get called a liar and that I didn’t put them in,” said Sarkisian. “I just felt like it wasn’t the right time today. Hopefully, in the future, we can do it.”
