Arch Manning is making his first start for Texas against Louisiana-Monroe. Texas redshirt freshman quarterback Arch Manning is making his first college start against Louisiana-Monroe. Arch Manning completes a 56-yarder to Isaiah Bond, and the Longhorns are in the red zone. Manning is back out for his second drive of the game.

Injuries and a new starting quarterback could either be the best or the worst thing for the Longhorns on Saturday against a ULM team that's 2-0 and hungry for another win.

Texas still hasn’t made a decision on their starting quarterback for Saturday’s game, but if Arch Manning gets the call, Louisiana-Monroe doesn’t feel too concerned.

Louisiana-Monroe has a stacked defense of transfers and returners that will look to cause trouble for a wounded Texas offense.

Smart's teams have overcome games like this in the past and there's no reason to believe they won't do the same thing this year as the opponents on their schedule get tougher. Meanwhile, Alabama looked like a College Football Playoff contender in a 42-10 thumping of Wisconsin in Madison.

Warhawks defensive coordinator Earnest Hill said earlier in the week that some of his players played against, and beat, Manning while in high school. Manning went to Isidore Newman High School in New Orleans,