Texas coach unloads on reporter with potty talk in Arch’s defense

A reporter asked Steve Sarkisian if Arch Manning was experiencing pain when throwing the ball, and the Texas coach immediately went on the offensive at his Monday press conference in Austin.”According to who?” Sarkisian asked about Manning’s health. “He doesn’t have any.”The reporter asked if there’s an explanation for why Manning “looked like that” and if there were problems with his shoulder.”I don’t know,” Sarkisian said. “I’ve never filmed any of you guys when you’re using the bathroom, so I don’t know what faces you make when you’re doing that.”After two games as the Longhorns’ starter, Manning remains a focal point.Sarkisian believes Texas is getting there, but understands the Longhorns have a lot of ground to cover to be their best. Some of Texas’ top individual players, Colin Simmons (multiple penalties in each of the first two games) and wide receiver Ryan Wingo are guilty of “trying too hard,” the coach said.”We’re going to get ready to go into SEC play,” Sarkisian said Monday. “The variety of offenses you get, to the style of the quarterbacks that you play to the multitude of fronts that you’re going to play. … We have some growing pains from a player’s perspective. But there’s some growing pains from a staff perspective, too. What do we really like? What works, what doesn’t? Even when things don’t go exactly the way we want, are we able to adjust it in game and get better?”Texas began the season ranked No. 1 overall and lost in a high-profile matchup at Ohio State to begin the season. Texas (1-1) bounced back behind a takeaway-happy defense last week, forcing three fumbles (two by preseason All-American linebacker Anthony Hill) and coming up with an interception in a 38-7 victory over San Jose State.Quarterback Arch Manning completed 19 of 30 passes with four TD passes and was intercepted once. Sarkisian said Parker Livingstone is helping take some of the attention away from the rest of the offense. He had 128 receiving yards and two touchdowns Saturday.

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