There are very few things in life that can stir emotions within you like college football. For four months a year, millions of Americans decide to put their mental well-being in the hands of a collection of 18- to 24-year-old men they do not know personally. All they know is that they've chosen to wear their preferred uniform.
Sometimes this decision brings joy. Other times it brings pain. But what it always brings as kickoff draws near every week is anxiety.
There's always the nervous energy of the unknown heading into a game. You can never be sure how things will go, and where the rollercoaster will take you. However, while we all feel it, some of us feel it more than others.
Each week, The Anxiety Rankings aim to find the five most anxious places in the country. You'll fail, but try all the same. You can debate all you want whether Arch Manning would've been as highly rated as he was coming out of high school if his last name had been Smith, but what there's no debating is that having the last name Manning has put a brighter spotlight on Arch since he was in high school and throughout his entire career.
The fact he chose to play football at Texas, a program that's always in the spotlight itself, only magnifies things further. Likewise, you can debate all you want about who is at fault, be it Manning, Steve Sarkisian or some unseen dark force beyond comprehension, but there's no debating that Manning has failed to live up to that hype. Even his coach said this week that he needs to see a better version of Arch Manning, as he's been peppered with more questions about benching his starting quarterback.
The answer is no, at least for now. Arch's problem is that the first step toward being benched is your coach being asked if he's thinking about benching you. That typically doesn't happen when you're playing well!
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