​Arch Manning: 1-of-1 moving the chains on third-down fumbles.On third-and-10 with the ball at midfield in the third quarter, Mizzou football’s defense got pressure on Texas quarterback Arch Manning. Mizzou linebacker Brian Huff got his hand on the QB’s right arm as he appeared to be moving into his throwing motion.The ball flew out forward, landing 14 yards past the line of scrimmage and just out of reach of MU safety Santana Banner. A side judge, at that moment, appeared to wave the play dead from behind the ball. The ball remained in bounds as Banner’s momentum took him over the sideline, and Texas receiver Emmett Mosley V picked it up, prompting a brief grapple between the players once Banner got back onto the field of play.After a lengthy review, the officials re-affirmed their on-field call: Fumble recovered 14 yards downfield by Texas for a first down.Whether or not that play flipped the game or doomed Missouri to a loss is up for debate. It was, however, absolutely the game’s pivotal moment.Instead of what would almost certainly have been a Texas punt, the Longhorns had a new set of downs with 25 yards to goal. Mizzou, at the time with 2:22 remaining in the third quarter, led by seven points in the crucial SEC matchup. Three plays after the controversial call, Texas was in the end zone — sparking a run of 21 straight points en route to a 34-20 win Saturday in Columbia.This was called an Arch Manning fumble, and Texas picked up the 3rd down with a 12-yard gainWhat the heck is happening at Missouri. pic.twitter.com/2lc1GuToVi— Trey Wallace (@TreyWallace) November 7, 2026Mizzou coach Eli Drinkwitz bit his lip in the postgame press conference, refusing to criticize or blame the officials for the Tigers’ loss.“Congratulations, Coach Sark (Texas coach Steve Sarkisian). His football team, they made the plays when they needed to in order to win the game, and ultimately we did not,” Drinkwitz said. “And that’s what it came down to. Didn’t come down to officials. Didn’t come down to reviews. Came down to the opportunities that we had as a team, and ultimately that’s on me as a head coach.”The Columbia Daily Tribune reached out to multiple SEC officials postgame for comment on the decision. Here was their response:“The ruling on the field was a fumble,” an SEC official wrote in an e-mail to the Tribune. “In replay review it was determined there was not clear and obvious video evidence that he had firm control of the ball when the hand intentionally started forward in order to overturn the call.”For reference, here is the relevant section in what is written about forward passes in Section 19 Article 2 of the college football rulebook:“b. When a Team A player is holding the ball to pass it forward toward the neutral zone, any intentional forward movement of the passer’s hand with the ball firmly in their control starts the forward pass unless the player clearly starts to bring the ball back with firm control to the pas