Ex-LSU coach makes bold Arch Manning comparison ahead of Texas' 1st game of 2025

While Johnny Manziel doesn't want Texas QB Arch Manning doing well against his Texas A&M Aggies, the Heisman Trophy winner wishes "nothing but the best" ahead of his 2025 season with the Longhorns.

Joe Burrow completed one of the greatest college football seasons of all time when he set the single-season record for touchdown passes (60) on his way to a national championship in 2019.

Former Western Kentucky quarterback Bailey Zappe eventually broke the record when he threw 62 touchdown passes in 2021. But Burrow’s national championship season at LSU is something that appeared to have stuck with his former head coach Ed Orgeron.

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Then-LSU Tigers head coach Ed Orgeron talks with quarterback Joe Burrow after a victory against the Clemson Tigers in the College Football Playoff national championship game at Mercedes-Benz Superdome. (Matthew Emmons/USA Today Sports)

As the sports world prepared for the upcoming college football season, Orgeron said he sees a bit of Burrow in Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning.

"I had an opportunity to go to Texas and speak at their clinic," he said on Barstool Sports’ "Pardon My Take." "And I watched practice. Now, we knew Arch Manning as a young kid from Louisiana. He liked Joe Brady. We watched him (as a recruit). But I watched his practice (at Texas). 

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LSU Tigers quarterback Joe Burrow against the Clemson Tigers in the College Football Playoff national championship game. (Mark J. Rebilas/USA Today Sports)

"And I'll say this conservatively – and we recruited (current LSU quarterback) Garrett (Nussmeier) – Garrett’s a great player....