Georgia football: 3 recruits Kirby Smart should target next after long-term extension

Just figure it out. Get Arch Manning to The Arch and then make him ring that bell!

Arch Manning is The Clash of 2023 football recruits, the only one that matters. With Alabama getting all Eli Holstein on us, this looks to be a two-team race for Manning between Georgia and Texas. Smart must choose to mess with Texas and win the Arch Manning sweepstakes. He is coming to The Classic City next weekend and Georgia must be in peak recruiting form to land him.

Manning has already said Athens is his favorite college town. Austin may be a bigger city, but he could lose more games in his first year as a starter in Texas than he would in three years running the Georgia offense combined. He may hail from football royalty, but Manning can do more than bring Texas back. At Georgia, he can not only win a national title but secure the Heisman Trophy.

From his Grandpa Red to his Uncles Eli and Peyton, none of his relatives were ever able to do either at Ole Miss or Tennessee. Wherever Manning decides to go to school, other top players will soon follow. This is why Smart needs to do everything in his power to make the latest member of football’s royal family pick the Dawgs over the ‘Horns. Champions win recruiting battles like these.

If Georgia lands Manning, Broad Street will resemble what it looked like on Jan. 10 after 33-18.

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