{"id":161070,"date":"2025-08-20T12:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T12:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/161070\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T12:21:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T12:21:11","slug":"arch-manning-texas-qb-says-his-grandpa-apologized-for-nfl-plan-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/161070\/","title":{"rendered":"Arch Manning: Texas QB says his grandpa apologized for NFL plan prediction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                Facebook<\/p>\n<p>                Tweet<\/p>\n<p>        <a class=\"social-share_labelled-list__share\" href=\"mailto:?subject=CNN%20content%20share&amp;body=Check%20out%20this%20article%3A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2025%2F08%2F20%2Fsport%2Ffootball-ncaa-arch-manning-grandpa-intl\" data-type=\"email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"share with email\" title=\"Share with email\"><\/p>\n<p>                Email<br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                Link<\/p>\n<p>      Austin, TX<br \/>\n      AP<br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmejsdydg000t26ql3n7c31qv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            There\u2019s so much speculation about <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/college-football-texas-preview-d4b6436006654fe8a88d87c200441878\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Texas quarterback Arch Manning\u2019s future<\/a>, in the media and even within his own family, that it can be hard for him to keep up.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmejsh3n300033b6nfnjkl1sa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            On Tuesday, Manning insisted he\u2019s not plotting out how long he\u2019ll stay at Texas or when he\u2019ll enter the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/08\/19\/sport\/video\/vikings-face-backlash-after-two-male-cheerleaders-join-team-vrtc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> draft, despite his grandfather\u2019s recent prediction to Texas Monthly magazine that he\u2019ll be with the Longhorns through the 2026 season.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmejsh3n300043b6n80v2v85l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI don\u2019t know where he got that from,\u201d Arch Manning said in his first meeting with reporters since SEC media days in mid-July. \u201cHe texted me to apologize about that. I\u2019m really just taking it day by day right now.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmejsh3n300053b6nja45vhh7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Arch Manning has been careful while talking about his future as he leads the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ap-top-25-college-football-f6a624b7dc17c1896a98951214f52039\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">No. 1 Longhorns<\/a> as the full-time starter after playing behind Quinn Ewers the past two seasons. Manning enters this season as the early favorite for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/15\/sport\/travis-hunter-heisman-trophy-college-football-spt-intl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Heisman Trophy<\/a>, has endorsement deals worth millions and comes from the most famous quarterbacking family in football. Grandfather Archie played in the NFL and uncles Peyton and Eli combined for four Super Bowl victories.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmejse0sb00003b6nov5l4zkl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Add that together and Arch Manning is shouldering the biggest spotlight of any player in the country. Texas opens the season August 30 at No. 3 Ohio State after <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/cotton-bowl-score-cfp-texas-ohio-state-ef309657810ba2ce114dde1204f05f9c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">losing to the Buckeyes<\/a> in the national playoff semifinals last season.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmejsh88f000b3b6nt93qha02@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Manning is also very close to his grandfather, despite any confusion about whether he\u2019s destined for one or two seasons as the Texas starter before heading to the NFL. Manning noted Tuesday how Archie is always giving him advice on how to avoid taking big hits to prolong his career.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmejshe7k000e3b6nls8m5yj5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThose hits add up,\u201d Arch Manning said. \u201cMy grandfather, he\u2019s hobbling around these days. He ends every call with \u2018get down or get out of bounds.\u2019\u201d\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Facebook Tweet Email Link Austin, TX AP \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 There\u2019s so much speculation about Texas quarterback Arch Manning\u2019s future,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":161071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[1232,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-161070","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-nfl","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115061069208752832","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}