Month: September 2025

It is a massive understatement to say that Arch Manning’s first start of the 2025 season did not go the way he hoped it would.

Manning, who entered Texas’ season opener at Ohio State with an endless amount of hype, struggled from the outset against the third-ranked Buckeyes.

The former five-star recruit finished 17-of-30 passing for 170 yards, one touchdown and one interception in the No. 1 Longhorns’ 14-7 loss to the defending national champions.

“I hold myself to a high standard,” Manning said Monday. “I’ve got to play better, got to lead more, got to get our guys to play well around me and ultimately I wasn’t good enough.”

While the outsized expectations may have been deflated somewhat by Manning’s opening game showing, the redshirt sophomore is taking a healthy attitude into Texas’ next matchup against San Jose State this weekend.

Manning looking ahead

During his sessions with reporters Monday, Manning provided some insight into his approach following Saturday’s clunker.

After digesting all of the details of the game, he’s ready to move on.

“I think it was a long 24 hours, but I think I got it all out of the way,” Manning said, via Orangebloods’ Anwar Richardson. “Watched the tape with everyone this morning – the good, the bad, the ugly – and then now we’re full on to San Jose State – I guess after this media [session] and we stop talking about it.”

Arch has support from the GOAT

By now, football fans are well aware of Arch Manning’s QB bloodlines. The son of Cooper Manning, he counts Peyton and Eli as his uncles and Archie Manning as his paternal grandfather.

No doubt all of those men firmly have Arch’s back even as the criticism has piled up, but Tom Brady, a longtime nemesis of Peyton and Eli, also offered up his support on the Pro Football Focus YouTube channel this weekend.

“A lot of these guys, they’re so young. And with social media and Twitter and Instagram, you can make someone look so great, and you can tear them down so quick,” Brady said. “Before, it used to be that you had to wait until the paper comes out the next day to make a real evaluation. But in the digital era, it happens in five seconds.”

Brady added that in the long run, he thinks Arch will benefit from this negative experience.

“I think there’s a blessing and a curse in some of it. The curse is a lot of people pile on. The blessing is [that] there needs to be resilience built up in the quarterback as well,” Brady said. “So even though he didn’t have his best game today, and they lost, if he uses this to his advantage, Arch, he’s going to be tougher for it. And he’s going to have a better next game because of it.”

Tennis pro Coco Gauff has spoken about having a boyfriend.

However, she has worked hard to keep her dating life private. That stands in contrast to her opponent in the French Open final, Aryna Sabalenka, who gushes about her own boyfriend on social media. Gauff ended up winning the match, with her mom watching from the stands.

Now Gauff is competing at the U.S. Open. On Sept. 1, 2025, she was scheduled to square off against Naomi Osaka.

Coco Gauff’s Boyfriend Is Named Jalen Sera, Per Reports

Although she has kept her boyfriend’s identity close to the vest, Town and Country reported that Gauff is dating Jalen Sera. He is from North Carolina but moved to Atlanta and is a twin, the site noted.

Sera’s Instagram page does not mention Gauff.

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Gauff, 21, shared some details with People, although not her boyfriend’s name.

According to People, Gauff revealed that her boyfriend is not a tennis player but supported her in 2023 when she played in the US Open.

“Honestly, it wasn’t something I got to set in stone,” Gauff told People in 2024 of why she keeps her life so private. “I think I felt like I just, some parts of myself I love to share and then some parts I think I just keep to myself.”

In April 2024, Gauff confirmed to Time that she had a boyfriend, calling it her first real relationship.

Gauff “is transitioning to a new phase of her life” and was still living with her parents at that time, Time reported, quoting her as saying, “At first I was scared to grow up. But now I’m embracing adulthood and womanhood.” 

Time reported that her mom still does her laundry and she doesn’t have a timeline for moving out. “I always say it’ll happen in my 20s at some point,” she told Time. 

“It’s a lonely world,” her mom told Time of the pro tennis circuit since Gauff is so much younger than many players. 

“Gauff has had a boyfriend for about a year, whose identity she prefers to keep private,” Time reported, adding that she revealed he is from Atlanta, and “is not famous.”

“This is my first real relationship,” Gauff said to Time. “To just have someone to talk to who is not involved in tennis at all gives me a fresh perspective.” 

She also revealed to Time that her mom, Candi Gauff, was his fourth-grade teacher.

 “My mom always said, if they’re bad in school, they’re probably bad as adults,” Candi told Time. “He’s always been a smart, nice kid.” 

Related: Aryna Sabalenka Has New Boyfriend After Ex Partner’s Sudden Death