Arch Manning says he must play better after being booed by Texas fans - ESPN

Arch Manning scuffled through another shaky performance in Texas' victory over UTEP.

This time, Longhorns fans let Manning hear their frustration.

Manning and the vaunted Texas offense were booed loudly by the crowd at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium at one point Saturday during the first half. Despite the Longhorns' 27-10 victory, Manning admitted that his play must improve.

«I've got to play better,» Manning said. «A lot of quarterbacks — a lot of players — want to be great. I know I'm better than this.»

The preseason Heisman Trophy favorite, Manning struggled in Texas' season-opening road loss at Ohio State that started a wave of national criticism and questions of whether he was overrated and was anointed too soon.

Saturday's poor outing will only bring more.

Manning was 11 of 25 passing for 114 yards and a touchdown against the Miners in a game Texas (2-1) was heavily favored. He had a string of misfires with 10 consecutive incompletions in the second quarter, tossed an end zone interception and never looked comfortable as he side-armed some throws and missed open receivers on others.

The Longhorns led 7-3 with 1:36 remaining in the second quarter when Manning's errant third-down throw was nearly picked off, prompting boos by the home crowd as the offense left the field.

«I felt like he pressed some. He knew he missed some throws,» Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said. «I feel like we've done enough with him to have a pretty good understanding of who he is as a player and what he's capable of. I know there's a lot of football in him that's high-level football.»

Manning said he agonized over some of the incompletions on throws he said he normally makes.

«All my life I've been an accurate passer,» he said. «I've just got to