Texas took a massive victory over Ohio State on Saturday. They were down 20 points heading into the fourth quarter, but Arch Manning led Texas to the comeback, putting up 21 points in the fourth quarter. After the game, Texas coach Steve Sarkisian was too excited to celebrate to even talk to Holly Rowe in the postgame interview.

The internet had its way with the interaction between Rowe and Sarkisian after the game. The initial interaction between Rowe and Sarkisian was very brief, with Sark throwing up the hook 'em horns sign and leaving quickly.

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Then AI had its way, making a video of Sark slapping Rowe instead of just walking away. Now, Arch Manning is talking about the AI edits, per Evan Vieth of Inside Texas.

“I've seen a few AI edits of stuff, but that's about it. I saw the AI edit of Sark's interview. You all seen that one? That's a good one. Of him slapping Holly Rowe? Yeah, it's hilarious,” Manning said.

Manning is facing some backlash, though. Clinton Yates, formerly of ESPN, responded to the interaction.

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“This is a horrendous exchange on a couple levels, including this tweet labeling the reply as ‘gold,'” Yates posted on X, formerly Twitter.

Fans have also responded, according to Andrew Holeran of The Spun.

“His PR training meeting tonight gonna be a long one,” one fan wrote.

“Some of the supposed adults in the room found AI-generated abuse of a fellow media member to be something worth laughing about?” one fan added.

Manning was commenting on what he saw online and his reaction, but as a public figure, he needs to understand the bigger audience. Still, this will be forgotten is Manning continues to produce.

Texas is now the top team in the nation. They will host UTSA in their first game as the top team in the naton on Saturday.