3 predictions for Arch Manning's first career start vs. ULM

No QB rushing scores this week

There are different dynamics that Ewers and Manning bring to Texas's offense for Sarkisian to utilize in his scheming and gameplanning prep. As you would expect for a quarterback making his first career start, Manning doesn't have the pocket navigation skills and the comfortability and confidence going through his reads dropping back for Texas's offense that Ewers does.

Manning is very decisive and confident with his throws. When he finds and locks in on his target from the pocket, he's able to quickly and accurately get the ball out to his receiver downfield.

The real game-changer that Manning brings to add another dynamic to Texas's offense is his dual-threat ability with his legs. While Manning has that established Manning-quarterback name from his family tree going back multiple generations, he's much faster and more elusive than other quarterbacks in his family.

We saw that dual-threat ability Manning brings to make plays with his legs almost immediately when he came into the game in the second quarter last weekend against UTSA. He exploded for a 67-yard touchdown run to put Texas up 28-7 and really get the crowd at DKR even louder than they already were for that contest.

While I do think Manning's ability to run the ball really opens up Sarkisian's playbook to allow him to call plays that we wouldn't see with Ewers leading the offense, I don't think the coaching staff wants to risk any further injuries to the quarterback position. With SEC play on tap for next weekend and then a huge stretch of conference games against rival Oklahoma and No. 2 Georgia on tap in early-to-mid October, Texas wants to make sure their top guys are healthy for those games.

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