Arch Manning leads Texas into his bayou backyard for a key matchup with LSU

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Arch Manning is intimately familiar with Saturday nights in "Death Valley,” having been in the stands for some of LSU's biggest games in Tiger Stadium during his childhood in Louisiana.He was one of those kids playing pickup football, sometimes even dressed in purple and gold, amid the tents bustling with Tiger fans tail-gaiting over spreads of shrimp etouffee, fried catfish, gumbo and jambalaya.For sons of the Bayou State, LSU games are “the main show” and center of the football universe.“That’s who you want to be,” Manning said. “That’s where you want to go.”Yet Manning ultimately chose Texas instead. And he'll return to LSU on Saturday night as quarterback of the No. 8 Longhorns (7-2, 4-2 Southeastern Conference, No. 6 CFP) in Act III of the Manning family legacy tour.Manning already has a road win this season at Tennessee, where Uncle Peyton played, and a home win over Mississippi, where Uncle Eli was a star. Of the three, a night game at No. 24 LSU (6-3, 3-3,