One pressing question for Texas as kickoff approaches against the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks at 7 p.m. Central on ESPN+ at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium is which running backs will be available to share the backfield with Manning — junior Jaydon Blue missed last week’s win over UTSA with an ankle sprain sustained against Michigan and sophomore Quintrevion Wisner left the UTSA game and did not return with an undisclosed injury.

The No. 1 Longhorns pummeled Louisiana-Monroe 51-3 Saturday at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium to move to 4-0 ahead of the Southeastern Conference opener next week against Mississippi State. Texas held the Warhawks to minus-2 yards of offense in the third quarter and outgained them 493-111 for the game.

Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning threw for 258 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions in the first start of his college career.