{"id":1000,"date":"2013-09-04T00:19:06","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T04:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigredsportsmachine.com\/?p=1000"},"modified":"2013-09-04T20:55:19","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T00:55:19","slug":"tuesday-teabag-september-3-2013-surprise-its-not-johnny-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/?p=1000","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Teabag, September 3, 2013 &#8211; Surprise, it\u2019s not Johnny Football!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In fact, this weeks Teabag Award(s) goes to all the Manziel\u00a0haterz!\u00a0 The little kids in our off-shore factory will be working OT this week to keep up with the orders! Quite frankly there are too many names to name in this mess (I\u2019m looking at you Mark May, Brian Urlacher, Jessie Palmer\u2026and hell, the NCAA while I\u2019m at it).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Watching the\u00a0post-game talking heads rant on about how awful Johnny Manziel is you\u2019d think he just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/2013\/09\/03\/3161562\/minot-st-football-player-off-team.html\">sucker-punched<\/a> a cop, dropped some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/sports\/2013\/08\/six-florida-gators-suspended\">angel-dust<\/a> with Aaron Hernandez, or tried to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/college-football\/2013\/9\/3\/4690348\/college-football-targeting-rule-players-ejected\">decapitate<\/a>\u00a0another player on the field.\u00a0 It got to the point where even The Machine had to unplug from the vitriol and angst being shot Manziel\u2019s way, and we love a good verbal beat down, hello!\u00a0 But with Manziel\u00a0you can\u2019t unplug and make it go away. Nay, Johnny Manziel is a SportsCenter-scroll sensation!\u00a0 A television-ratings goldmine!\u00a0 A merchandise-moving machine!\u00a0 An NCAA needle-mover!\u00a0 He is the guy that can make ESPN say \u201cTim Tebow who\u201d?!&#8230;..Oh and he is also a hell of a football player.\u00a0 Christ, his nickname is Johnny Football after all!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For those of you living under a rock (or worse, on some shitty family camping trip without WIFI) here is a recap of this weekends highlights: (bang it <a title=\"Tuesday Teabag, July 23, 2013 \u2013 Johnny Manziel and Ryan Braun\" href=\"https:\/\/bigredsportsmachine.com\/?p=919\">here<\/a>\u00a0to read about Johnny\u2019s offseason awesomeness) After serving his joke one-half suspension -more\u00a0on that in a minute- Johnny entered the third quarter and made short order of the Rice defense; moving the ball and scoring at will (3 TD\u2019s on 6 completions\u2026pretty efficient).\u00a0 He also gave us these on-the-field celebrations\/taunts:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rQljhqjAws8\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bBgf5PBsszI\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>People were quick to pile on Johnny saying he didn\u2019t learn anything from his one-half game suspension.\u00a0 Umm, maybe because a one-half game suspension is a fucking joke?!\u00a0 Seriously NCAA, this is a new low, even for you dirt bags.\u00a0 Suspending a guy for half a game is like telling somebody they can watch a movie, but not the credits.\u00a0 Why not just bench him from some first-team practice reps?\u00a0 He either did or didn\u2019t break one of your law or by-laws, right?\u00a0 Why not give him a real suspension to think about, say 4 games.\u00a0 Oh, that\u2019s right, because you NEED Johnny to grab ratings.\u00a0 Otherwise, who is tuning in to watch Rice football?!\u00a0 Hell, the alumni can barely stomach watching them play.\u00a0 The Machine wasn\u2019t the least bit surprised by your faux-suspension, after all you are the weasels that rake in billions of dollars annually and won\u2019t give these kids a small stipend for putting their careers on the line each time they step out on the field.\u00a0 How ridiculous is the notion that Jadeveon\u00a0Clowney has to pay for his own injury-insurance policy.\u00a0 This is a page right out of your lets suspend 5 Ohio State players next year, because we (read: our sponsors) really want\/need them to play in the Bowl Game!\u00a0 Oh how the Machine yearns for the day when these football conferences get fed up with your shit and decide they no longer need you!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The second form of Manziel-hating\u00a0seems to be rooted in the fact that Johnny Football isn\u2019t who you want Johnny Football to be.\u00a0 He isn\u2019t who you think you would be if you had his insane skill set, and that drives you crazy.\u00a0 That\u2019s why The Machine is calling foul on you Manziel haters.\u00a0 Comments like those made by Mark May, and we quote:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201c<em>that penalty is going to hurt them down the road\u2026.if you do something like that against an Alabama, against an LSU, against a team that is a much better opponent than Rice that\u2019s gotta cost,\u00a0 could cost you a ballgame and a chance for a national championship<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Please.\u00a0 Granted the last of Mr. Football\u2019s antics, albeit the one proceeded with a touchdown pass, drew an unsportsmanlike-like penalty, but it didn\u2019t alter the game one iota.\u00a0 Was it cheap? You bet.\u00a0 Did it cost his team the game?\u00a0 Not in the least!\u00a0 But the argument being drawn is that if Johnny\u2019s attitude goes unchecked he will draw one of these penalties in a close game, against a top flight (translation: SEC) opponent, and it will somehow take points off the board and cause his team to lose.\u00a0 First, I\u2019m going to need that scenario to actually play out <i>before<\/i> I go ahead and crush him for it.\u00a0 Second, the only reason that A&amp;M is in the National Championship discussion is <i>because<\/i>\u00a0of Manziel.\u00a0 Football is the ultimate team sport, but in college even more so than the pros certain players win Championships.\u00a0 The 2010 Auburn Tigers don\u2019t win a Championship without Cam Newton.\u00a0 The same goes for the 2007 LSU\u00a0Tigers (seriously SEC, get some original mascots) and JaMarcus\u00a0Russell.\u00a0 A&amp;M is a good team, but Manziel makes them great.\u00a0 National Championship great.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Johnny Football is great because of the way he is wired. \u00a0He isn\u2019t you and he isn\u2019t me.\u00a0 He just doesn\u2019t give a fuck about anyone.\u00a0 Not the media, his coach, his parents, his attorney, his school, the Manning Family, NFL evaluators, marketers, college students, strippers, laws\u2026.He is going to do what he wants, when he wants!\u00a0 (I think The Machine may have just talked Johnny Football into an ultra exclusive \u2018Badge of Badass\u2019 Award).\u00a0 It is this reckless abandon, cavalier\u00a0attitude and cocksureness\u00a0(both on and off the field) that allows him to pile up 5,000 yard\/ 50 touchdown seasons, awards and wins\u2026. all while lining the pockets of the school and NCAA.\u00a0 If I\u2019ve got to deal with some stupid penalties, frat\u00a0house shenanigans and a slew of deflowered\u00a0coeds\u00a0than so be it!\u00a0 Johnny, keep on rocking because the haterz are always going to hate.\u00a0 You\u2019ve got a Heisman, they\u2019ve got a Tuesday Teabag.\u00a0 Who\u2019s winning now?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_922\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigredsportsmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Johnny-Manziel.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-922\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-922\" alt=\"How ya like me now?!\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bigredsportsmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Johnny-Manziel-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Johnny-Manziel.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bigredsportsmachine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Johnny-Manziel.jpg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How ya like me now?!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In fact, this weeks Teabag Award(s) goes to all the Manziel\u00a0haterz!\u00a0 The little kids in our off-shore factory will be working OT this week to keep up with the orders! 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