Arch Manning's Texas Future Faces a Critical Test This Weekend

Well, I tell you, the real story this weekend also could be Mississippi State and Texas here, and the outlying story and the sidebar story here, Kevin Walsh, might be Arch Manning. You know, you're starting to see maybe that sand starting to go through that glass a little bit here and running out of time here for him because you're going to have a couple more losses. You still got Texas A&M at the end of this thing too here after this weekend. I mean, what do you think I think the future of Arch Manning is there in Austin. So this, it is so difficult because... I, there is a part of me that likes the idea of giving Arch for his pro career all the time in the world. They've talked about it. This is the Manning family thought process that Arch is going to be there for a long time at Texas, good or bad, right? Like they, whether they were telling the truth or not, they almost were suggesting he could have won the Heisman Trophy this year, and he would still go back to school next year or, you know, whatever. It might be, but the odd thing is I feel as if Sark has made it so clear that Arch has to perform to a certain level to keep his job this season. I don't know how they split the middle of Arch plays well enough to keep the job, but not well enough to think I should leave. For the NFL, there is just a level of tension right now in Austin that I don't think is great. Now, they're a 20-point favorite. You don't get a lot of these in the SEC. Kamario Taylor done for the year. This, it's not that they have to cover the 20 and a half. It's that you and I... Can't at 10 p.m. have this game on main screen, volume jacked up, edge of our seat, saying is Arch going to drive the field? It can't be that close. This has to be a blowout and a comfortable one for Texas, but they don't ever seem to do that. Do you think it's Sark? Do you think he needs a new zip code? Do you think he needs a place like Columbus, Miami? Some other place, maybe Ole Miss after Tre Harris leaves. Is it a new place, maybe a new environment that would help him? It's so weird, right? For Arch, if he were to go to Ohio State or whatever one of these big – if he's good enough for those programs, he'd like to think he's good enough for Texas at the end of the day. And here is what I wonder. You would probably know better than me. But if Sark doesn't want him, I do wonder how many big schools will think, oh yeah. I feel like Sark has a good enough reputation amongst the major programs that if people had to pick a side, I think more teams would pick Sark's side than Arch Manning's side. Yeah, if you can't play at Texas, what makes you think you can play at LSU? Or what makes you think you can play at Ole Miss? I mean, you've got everything you have. You have all the resources in Austin. You have the top five-star roster in all of college football. One of the richest. And you can't win? Makes no sense, Kev. I'm with you on that.