Ty Simpson must face the SEC’s top defense this week, but he’s got a little extra help to get him ready for the game against Oklahoma.

His friend, Arch Manning .

“That’s my guy,” Simpson said.

The Texas quarterback beat Oklahoma 23-6 a month ago as he completed 21 of 27 passes for 166 yards and one touchdown with no interceptions. Manning also ran four times for 34 yards.

“It was a good game, so I asked him a couple questions,” Simpson said. “He asked me a couple questions about Vanderbilt and about Georgia. Quarterback etiquette, talking to one another, ‘Hey what did you see? What did they do here?’ Just about plays and fronts in general. Stuff we talk about not just as friends but quarterbacks as well.”

He and Simpson talk weekly, Simpson said Tuesday. They’ve been friends for “a

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