Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian was fairly determined to assist struggling quarterback Arch Manning flip issues round in the course of the Longhorns’ 14-7 loss to Ohio State on Saturday.
Sarkisian revealed Monday that he pulled Manning apart and met privately along with his quarterback at halftime of Saturday’s recreation. At that time, the Longhorns had been trailing 7-0 and Manning had simply 26 passing yards.
“I used to be fairly annoyed popping out on the first half, as a result of I felt like we had plan,” Sarkisian stated, via Dan Morrison of On3. “However I wasn’t mad within the sense I felt like, if I might simply calm Arch and get him into an area. That’s why we met him instantly at halftime.”
Sarkisian defined that one of many functions of the assembly was to assist Manning higher determine Ohio State’s coverages.
“With Arch it was simply recognizing how we might determine their coverages a bit bit higher,” Sarkisian stated. “The plan of the issues that we had been gonna go to within the second half and the way we anticipated to assault them. Like I stated, I believed he understood. Took it rather well. Was actually receptive to how we had been gonna acknowledge their coverages and assault them a bit bit in another way. I believed he responded properly to that.”
Manning was higher within the second half, however not considerably. He wound up going 17-of-30 for 170 yards with a landing and an interception. The Longhorns did outgain Ohio State 336-203, however the Buckeye protection stood agency when it wanted to and made a number of key stops.
Manning actually took a lot of heat for what turned out to be a poor general recreation. Nevertheless, it was his first recreation as a full-time starter. Sarkisian, on the very least, has not misplaced any religion in his sophomore quarterback.
