Arch Manning and Texas' passing game lights up Vanderbilt in the first half

From the moment that Arch Manning and Texas' offense took the field today, Steve Sarkisian's passing offense has looked like completely different than it has over the past few games. Both from a schematic and effectiveness standpoint.

Arch's first half stats are some of his best 2-quarter numbers all year:

12/16, 200 passing yards, 2 touchdowns, 0 interceptions, 12.5 yards per attempt.

Ryan Wingo kicked things off on the first play of the game in a big way. He went into pre-snap jet motion across the line of scrimmage and caught a swing pass in the backfield that he took 75 yards for a touchdown.

Vanderbilt found out immediately how dangerous of a weapon Ryan Wingo is with the football in his hands. Despite being a bigger receiver (6'2", 214 lbs.), his ability to accelerate and cut is second to none. Once he was able to secure the catch and turn upfield, it was over for the Vanderbilt defense.

Though he's had some trouble with dropping the football throughout the 2025 season, it's plays like this that make it hard to stay mad at him.

Manning also had some pretty nice connections in the 1st and 2nd quarter with Emmett Mosely V and Quintrevion Wisner out of the backfield.

The Longhorns were waiting for Mosely V to get healthy for quite a while, and now that he has, he's been everything that they were hoping that he'd be. He caught 3 passes for 31 yards on 5 total targets in the first half, and he was one of the main players who helped spring Wingo's touchdown with a nice block on the boundary.

Let's hope that Texas can carry over this success and have another excellent 3rd and 4th quarter against the Commodores' seemingly porous pass defense.