Manning gets 'swagger back' as Longhorns roll

AUSTIN, Texas -- Arch Manning passed for 309 yards and 3 touchdowns successful his sharpest crippled of the play truthful acold arsenic No. 8 Texas cruised to a 55-0 win implicit Sam Houston connected Saturday night.

Manning was 18-of-21 passing and besides ran for 2 first-half touchdowns. He connected with Ryan Wingo for touchdowns of 53 and 13 yards successful the 3rd 4th earlier leaving the crippled with Texas (3-1) starring 45-0.

"It felt good," Manning said. "I privation I could person done that the past [three] weeks. But I'm gladsome we did it contiguous ... Got the shot successful my guys' hands and fto them spell to work."

Manning needed a assurance builder aft a mediocre commencement to the play and got 1 against the overmatched Bearkats (0-4). His passes looked crisp and decisive, and his archetypal touchdown tally saw him basal and flex implicit a defender earlier a crippled authoritative broke them up.

His Texas teammates were gladsome to spot it.

"He got his swagger back," Texas elder information Michael Taaffe said. "Everybody knew that it was successful there. What helium showed contiguous is what we expect."

Manning said helium disquieted he'd get a taunting penalty, and that helium rapidly apologized to the crippled official.

"Probably a small overmuch there. My ma was beauteous huffy astir it," Manning said. "I deliberation it was immoderate built up vexation for the past fewer weeks."

Manning had travel into the crippled completing conscionable 55% of his passes. The preseason betting favourite for the Heisman Trophy had promised respective times during the week helium would commencement playing better. At 1 constituent Saturday night, Manning completed 14 passes successful a row.

"When helium plays a small looser and he's free, that's the champion mentation of Arch," Texas manager Steve Sarkisian said. "He got going and started throwing the ball. Started utilizing his legs. You could consciousness the bounce successful his measurement connected the field."

Manning said helium won't interest himself with the nationalist chatter astir him this week, oregon the critics who dismissed him aft the archetypal fewer games.

"I'm not truly disquieted astir what anyone thinks of the narratives. I'm conscionable trying to play ball, get wins. That's astir important, particularly going into SEC play. Right?" helium said.