Texas Monthly’s cover article on Aggie’s QB Johnny Manziel is a good ‘un. I like him much better now. Thought himjust a typical teenage jerk before.
He’s from an old Texas family of Lebanese Americans who made it big in oil back in the early Twentieth. The wunderkind is fresh out of a tiny Kerrville high school of no football reputation, except for him when he played QB there. I wasn’t surprised to learn that UT turned him down for a scholarship. They’ve turned down all the good QBs, lately, it seems. But so did Baylor and TCU.
And so did A&M’s old coach Mike Sherman. Only Sherman’s firing, bringing in Kevin Sumlin, saved JFF. So far, anyhow. If he just doesn’t blow it. But he’ll always have the size issue (just 6’1″) far as the NFL is concerned.
Darkwater, an Aggie alum, says “Manziel’s young and immensely talented, but I hope that what appears to be cockiness (as opposed to a great sense of humor) can be kept in check. His Heisman does invite a huge target on his back, and some of the stories are inflated.”
Let’s hope. After watching UT’s Vince Young self-destruct with a bad attitude and Colt McCoy dissemble for the Cleveland Browns, we need a smart, achieving Texas quarterback to brag on. If we didn’t have JFF, ’bout all that’s left (other than Redskins’ RGIII) would be Baker Mayfield, formerly of Lake Travis High, one of the Austin area’s richest preps, now with the Red Raiders.
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