Breaking News: Arch Manning last start in 2024, leaving Longhorns with something to consider…….

which, in another time, another universe might have been labeled the Back-up Bowl — pit second-string quarterbacks against each other, at least in theory.

Just try telling Mississippi State that it got the top-ranked Longhorns’ second-best quarterback in Arch Manning.

Manning brought every bit of his blue-bloodlines to bear Saturday before 101,388 at Royal-Memorial Stadium in a 35-13 rout, a point difference that would have been more lopsided had a couple of his teammates not been a little careless with the football.

Or if Manning had had a running game he could have leaned on early against the SEC’s worst run defense.

Or if his head coach hadn’t taken three points off the board for an ill-advised shot at fourth-and-three