.Dave Wilson, ESPN Team WriterSep 28, 2024, 09:33 PM ETCloseDave Wilson is an university football media reporter. He previously operated at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Sin City Sun.AUSTIN, Texas-- No. 1 Texas acquired its initial SEC gain behind the branch of Arc Manning, who assisted the Longhorns get rid of a sluggish begin and some self-inflicted setbacks to trump Mississippi Condition 35-13 on Saturday.Manning was 26-of-31 for 324 lawns as well as pair of goals, as well as included 33 hurrying yards and also one more rating, in spite of Johntay Prepare II dropping a wide-open touchdown elapsed that will've added yet another 62 passing backyards in the second quarter. A week after throwing pair of interceptions in his initial start versus UL Monroe, Manning claimed he felt even more loosened up." I believe recently I didn't possess as much exciting as I wished to," Manning pointed out. "I presume I possessed a bit even more fun today even though it was a little bit of rocky." It was actually rocky because running back Jaydon Blue dropped two fumbles-- one in the red region-- Prepare went down a goal and also there were actually 8 fines on the Texas offense. Train Steve Sarkisian slammed themself for having his staff kick a basket however at that point going for it on fourth down after a protective penalty offered the Longhorns one more chance. Texas failed to transform, taking 3 aspects off the board.The Longhorns entered into halftime with a 14-6 lead as Mississippi State utilized a ground-heavy technique behind real freshman quarterback Michael Vehicle Buren Jr. The Bulldogs operated 73 plays to Texas' 62, but the Longhorns outgained them 522 lawns to 294. There were actually also 17 fines in the game, many along with lengthy evaluations." It was hard for the activity to obtain a rhythm to it," Sarkisian said.But he was felt free to the Longhorns browsed this stretch of the season as well as Quinn Ewers' accident to begin 5-0. It's the second straight period Texas has begun 5-0, denoting only the second time in the past half a century the Longhorns have actually done it in next years. Texas possesses an off week appearing, observed due to the Reddish Waterway Competition in Dallas versus Oklahoma, before Georgia relates to Austin the observing week.Sarkisian stated the Longhorns revealed poise, as well as he was pleased they were able to survive their initial SEC difficulty while permitting Ewers recover coming from a strained skew accident without must rush him back." We require Quinn back because he's our quarterback and also he's our innovator," Sarkisian mentioned. "I think that impacts the entire staff and also belief, however what I presume our company learned and also what Arch found out listed here over the final 2 1/2 games is this group can easily rely on him too." Manning claimed he awaited Ewers' profits whenever that may be." I presume Quinn's verified themself," Manning pointed out. "I imply, he led our team to the Sweets Dish in 2015 as well as he is actually participated in actually effectively this year, so this is his team. I assume he is actually going to come back and play actually properly, however I'll await when my amount's contacted if they require me. So our team are actually just mosting likely to try as well as maintain this thing rolling.".