{"id":242014,"date":"2025-09-20T18:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T18:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/242014\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T18:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T18:10:09","slug":"infighting-among-steve-sarkisian-texas-coach-amid-arch-mannings-struggles-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/242014\/","title":{"rendered":"Infighting Among Steve Sarkisian & Texas Coach Amid Arch Manning’s Struggles : Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Steve Sarkisian<\/strong> got the Texas head coaching job in 2021 and turned around the program for good, it wasn\u2019t even a question whether Kyle Flood<\/strong> was coming to Texas. Ever since then, Flood has remained a crucial hire for Texas, acting as the OC and the OL coach. That has paid huge dividends for Texas, as now the Longhorns sit at the topmost spot in the pyramid of college football. \u201cI have all the faith in the world in Kyle Flood. His ability to evaluate the offensive linemen, his ability to project what they may look like, you know, two or three years down the road,\u201d said Steve Sarkisian last year in September.<\/p>\n

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Their history dates back to Sarkisian\u2019s tenure as the Atlanta Falcons\u2019 OC from 2017 to 2018. Together, the duo elevated the Falcons\u2019 offense with Flood donning the O-line coach\u2019s role, allowing just 24 sacks in 2017. But now, despite that shared almost decade-old history, there are rumors of a rift between the duo. This year, offensive regression, along with a poor O-line performance, coupled with Arch Manning\u2019s performance, has led to unexpected tensions between the two coaches.<\/p>\n

FOX Sports analyst Sammy P sat alongside Chris \u2018Bear\u2019 Fallica and discussed the concerns regarding Arch Manning, calling for some sweeping changes. \u201cThey do need him to have a good game, though, as they head into the Red River game in a couple of weeks. I do think they have Ole Miss, I think coming up as well,\u201d said Fallica. Sammy P, after agreeing with Fallica\u2019s take, went on to describe the problems Steve Sarkisian and the O-line coach, Kyle Flood, were having behind the scenes.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHere\u2019s what I\u2019ve heard about Texas. There is a growing rift between Sark and Kyle Flood, the O-line coach. Those two were apparently budding heads in practice, like crazy, so that\u2019ll be something to pay attention to once Texas gets to the cakewalk part of its schedule,\u201d said Sammy P. The offensive line lately hasn\u2019t performed up to the mark, even against a G-5 team like UTEP, and that might be fueling these tensions.<\/p>\n

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Coming into the 2025 season, the Longhorns had lost their veteran starters to the NFL, which also included Kelvin Banks Jr, Cameron Williams, and Hayden Conner. In light of that, some regression was undoubtedly expected. Texas also hadn\u2019t gone too deep into the transfer portal to bring in reinforcements and relied on homegrown talents like sophomore Trevor Goosby at left tackle and Brandon Baker at the right tackle. That strategy has largely backfired<\/a> for now since Texas is now 2-1 on the season.<\/p>\n

Is the O-line\u2019s regression fueling Arch Manning\u2019s poor performances?<\/p>\n

Texas\u2019s offensive line\u2019s regression is a major factor. We haven\u2019t seen a world-class run game so far from the team. The Longhorns currently rank 38th nationally in line yards\/ rush and are sitting at 91st in EPA\/rush. Moreover, Flood\u2019s success in running the football is also weak, with Texas ranked 52nd nationally. The numbers sure don\u2019t look like those of a team aiming to contend at the highest level, and that may surely have frustrated Steve Sarkisian. Now, coupling that with Arch Manning\u2019s regression, the offense can become a headache.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey do need him (Arch Manning) to have a good game,\u201d said Chris Fallica about the upcoming Sam Houston game. The reasons for that are pretty clear to Fallica. \u201cThey head into the Red River game in a couple of weeks. I do think they have Ole Miss coming up as well. There are some juicy numbers out there. Sammy, if you want to bet on Texas to miss the playoffs, if you assume maybe they lose it to Georgia and they drop one more,\u201d said Fallica. The schedule might not be as tough as Oklahoma\u2019s for Texas, but it sure has some tricky games.<\/p>\n

The Red-River Rivalry game against Texas is probably one of the toughest in the upcoming weeks. John Mateer is playing well, and Oklahoma has the required confidence after defeating Michigan, and Ben Arbuckle is reviving the offense for good. Arch Manning, so far, simply put, has been poor<\/a>, managing just 114 yards against UTEP and making mistakes one wouldn\u2019t want from a collegiate quarterback. So, Arch just has the Sam Houston game to get his form; otherwise, the Florida game followed by Oklahoma would be a bloodbath.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Steve Sarkisian got the Texas head coaching job in 2021 and turned around the program for good,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":242015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[129198,1632,1444,129197,2964,1641,7948,129190,11149,83674,2965,2871,118291,129196,1638,129194,36524,129192,1318,2941,47065,46472,2362,76895,3958,2963,2943,2968,26605,1639,1317,1315,1316,1647,125477,1573,2991,2990,1618,1645,129191,76894,41689,2946,2966,62,27833,3931,2959,290,20809,52270,358,129195,67,132,68,2969,3930,1646,86774,1640,1615,3940,3941,129193,3938,3946,3943,3939,3937,3936,3935,3944],"class_list":{"0":"post-242014","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-_dsc3518-jpg","9":"tag-1632","10":"tag-1444","11":"tag-20250110_zma_c04_137-jpg","12":"tag-abbild","13":"tag-am","14":"tag-arlington","15":"tag-baumwolle","16":"tag-bowl","17":"tag-buckeyes","18":"tag-cals","19":"tag-college","20":"tag-cotton","21":"tag-csmphotothree343219","22":"tag-der","23":"tag-dritten","24":"tag-ein","25":"tag-entlang","26":"tag-football","27":"tag-fusball","28":"tag-gegen","29":"tag-goodyear","30":"tag-im","31":"tag-januar","32":"tag-kollegium","33":"tag-kredit","34":"tag-kutsche","35":"tag-league","36":"tag-longhorns","37":"tag-medien","38":"tag-ncaa","39":"tag-ncaa-football","40":"tag-ncaafootball","41":"tag-nur","42":"tag-ohi","43":"tag-ohio","44":"tag-press","45":"tag-presse","46":"tag-quer","47":"tag-redaktionelle","48":"tag-sarkisjan","49":"tag-schussel","50":"tag-sidelines","51":"tag-spaziergaenger","52":"tag-sportart","53":"tag-sports","54":"tag-staat","55":"tag-staaten","56":"tag-stadion","57":"tag-state","58":"tag-steve","59":"tag-texanischen","60":"tag-texas","61":"tag-tu0026ampt","62":"tag-united-states","63":"tag-unitedstates","64":"tag-us","65":"tag-usa","66":"tag-vereinigte","67":"tag-verwendung","68":"tag-viertel","69":"tag-wahrend","70":"tag-x0x","71":"tag-zagency","72":"tag-zcsm","73":"tag-zeituberschreitung","74":"tag-zlast24","75":"tag-zncaa","76":"tag-zselect","77":"tag-zsports","78":"tag-zuma","79":"tag-zumaest","80":"tag-zumapress-com","81":"tag-zwire"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242014","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=242014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}