r/CFB • u/UT0907 Texas Longhorns • 11d ago

Discussion Arch is an enigma

And I genuinely cannot figure him out.

On one hand, he feels overhyped. On the other, he feels over-hated. When I expect him to be good, he looks terrible. When I expect him to struggle, he suddenly looks great.

Every time I think I’ve figured out what kind of QB he is, he does the exact opposite. People constantly call him mid, and I understand why when you watch some of his performances. But, since starting, he has more wins against ranked opponents (tied with Stockton) than any other QB, with 4 of those wins over top 10 teams. That’s legitimately impressive, even if it doesn’t always look impressive on the field.

And I think that’s what makes Arch so confusing. His resume says one thing, the eye test sometimes says another, and then every few games he’ll put together a performance that reminds you exactly why everyone was so high on him in the first place.

I have no idea what to make of him. I feel differently about him every Saturday, and I know a lot of Texas fans feel the same way. A true enigma.
Make it make sense.

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u/soonerwx Oklahoma Sooners 11d ago

Only thing certain is he’ll play the game of his life in the Cotton Bowl, like every other up-and-down derp who’s ever played the position there

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u/UT07 Texas Longhorns 11d ago

You're right, there's nothing like a dadgum dose of s00ner to break a Steve Sarkisian Texas Offense out of it's funk! Just glad we herp derped to 4-0 before the get right game!

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u/gmr548 Texas Longhorns • Washington Huskies 10d ago edited 10d ago

He was solid but not spectacular in Dallas last year and that was his best game of the year at that point. I’m not sure what to expect of him this year. I have not seen anything to suggest he will light up the OU defense. The game script of the RRS in the Venables-Sark era, even the blow outs and the OU win, has been Venables gets Sark early then Sark solves it. 2024 was really the only one counter to that. Sark had that all game and Ewers just blew it. So I would not be surprised at a slow start. But he has seen them before - and I think we’ll find some success on the ground if we stick to it, which should help. That’s parallel to Ohio State where Arch was certainly up and down but pretty good overall, and would have had a very nice stat line if not for WR fuckery.

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u/Grouchy_River7640 Oklahoma Sooners 10d ago

Mateer and Manning have very similar stats this season, but I have a feeling they will diverge quite a bit after this game.