Watching the seemingly endless rotation of Arch Manning Warby Parker advertisements this past weekend felt a little like watching a political ad after an election in which your candidate has lost.
The ads all seemed to be beamed from a more hopeful past when we were much more innocent, more naïve and definitely more deluded. It was a little like seeing someone wearing an ATLANTA FALCONS SUPER BOWL LI T-shirt.
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Many people are having a bad year in college football, but Arch Manning is having one of the worst. The Texas quarterback has gone from preseason Heisman Trophy favorite and projected No. 1 NFL Draft pick to a man synonymous with failure. It has reached the point that when his helmet came off late in Texas’ loss to Florida on Saturday and his backup Matthew Caldwell (who had a 13 to 8 TD/INT ratio for Troy last year) was forced to come in and throw a pass, it nearly sparked a quarterback controversy.
Manning has done so many ads that you probably don’t even remember the one he did for those Google cars that drive themselves. He remains the most high-profile player in college football despite being the public face of one of the most disappointing t
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