ARCH Manning, 21, has had a difficult start to life as the starting quarterback for the Texas Longhorns.

The Longhorns lost their 2025 season opener against Ohio State 14-7 on August 30.

Quarterback Manning has had high expectations placed on him since his arrival at Texas .

His poor performances for the Longhorns has seen ESPN's Paul Finebaum, 70, backtrack over comments made about the sophomore.

Finebaum had compared Manning to Tim Tebow as he suggested that the quarterback would be a Heisman Trophy contender.

He appeared on First Take to backtrack on his previous comments about Manning.

"The bottom line is Arch Manning is not playing like an elite quarterback," Finebaum said. "He’s barely playing like a pedestrian quarterback."

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