Texas is feeling good after watching Arch Manning lead the Longhorns to a 23-6 Red River Rivalry win over No. 6 Oklahoma.
The Longhorns athletics department posted a screenshot Saturday night of an account reporting Oklahoma for impersonating “a good football team.”
Oklahoma was ranked No. 18 in the preseason AP poll. The Sooners had climbed to No. 6 ahead of Saturday’s matchup after opening the season with five straight wins, including victories over ranked opponents in Michigan and Auburn.
Hype surrounding Manning’s first season as starter meanwhile drove Texas to the top of the preseason poll. The Longhorns have since slipped down the rankings, eventually falling out of the top 25 for the first time since 2022 following last weekend’s SEC-opening loss at Florida.
Texas’ struggles continued in the first half of Saturday’s rivalry matchup as the Longhorns went into the halftime break trailing 6-3 despite picking off two passes from Sooners quarterback John Mateer.
Manning then began the third quarter with a go-ahead touchdown pass to DeAndre Moore Jr., kicking off a dominant second half in which the Texas defense kept Oklahoma off the scoreboard entirely.
Texas will now look to ride the momentum from the rivalry win into next Saturday’s road game at Kentucky.
Later this season, Manning and the Longhorns are set to face three more currently-ranked opponents in No. 20 Vanderbilt, No. 10 Georgia and No. 5 Texas A&M.
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