I was listening to Mike Roach and he said great things about UT's chances with Arch Manning. We all know what Arch thinks of Sark when he said that he was a freak of a coach. He also said that Manning really lit up when talking about AJ Milwee and sees him as a big brother. The Manning's like the education at UT and they still think that UT is a blueblood school. He also said he had some information that he couldn't say that would help Texas. Arch has also bonded with Ruben Owens and Johntay Cook.
I heard the top five teams right now are UT, Clemson, Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi. I believe the Rebels are only on the list because of the history of the Manning family there and when Payton went to Tennessee they received a lot of hate mail from angry Ole Miss fans.
UT has a advantage that the other teams don't in that he knows that Sark and Milwee will be here for his college career. The other teams may or may not have the same offensive coordinator and quarterback coach. They may all be head coaches somewhere else. Eli specially went to Mississippi because David Cutcliffe was hired as the head coach who had worked with Payton at Tennessee..
It's great that we have a excellent shot to get him, however we have two years that we have to prove it on the field