re: How can you dislike Manziel?

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Well I don't check on his every move and they wouldn't let the media talk to him before. We'll see if they are allowed the same kind of access as they get for most players or if he continues to get special treatment from the Browns.

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I don't know the situation.
Nut this sounds like it's on the Browns.
Johnny's a friendly guy who's always happy to talk with anyone.

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Well said, brother.

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I don't understand why A&M fans want us to like him so. What does it matter? Is he running for prom queen or something?

Whether or not you like him has zero bearing on my life.
I liked the comment above, and I said so.
Ain't no thing.

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I don't understand why A&M fans want us to like him so

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we don't care at all. Its just funny to me, and im assuming other ags, that so many people have such an extreme opinion of him

My discussing a topic in a thread doesn't, by default, correlate to my need for you to like Johnny Manziel.
I promise.

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My discussing a topic in a thread doesn't, by default, correlate to my need for you to like Johnny Manziel.
I promise.

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You are a smart guy. But the polarization that has gone on with this guy for 2 years must render some statistically significant measure for you to say to yourself, "hmmmmm, maybe these folks that think he is an asshat could be right".....Can you think of anyone in the last 10 years in college football that has had as much positive yet negative attention to one player?

As you know, correlation does not equal causation .
My suggestion would be to rerun the data using some kind of regression analysis ... and follow-up with very conservative post hoc tests :).

Truth be told, the answer(s) to your research question would probably most appropriately be answered with qualitative methods--in particular, interviews, focus groups, and maybe some mixed-methods survey data to get at perceptions.

Sounds like a study to me. Now go find us a funding agency.

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Probably one of the best college pitchers I have watched was Huston Street. Wasn't his dad the QB in that game for Texas?

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Yes. James Street

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Give it a rest.

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This was my first comment and the first time THIS comment of his was even brought up. Alzheimer's, old man?

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Unless you're gay, you don't get a free ticket to the NFL without plenty of hard work and talent.

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Or just stupid? I never said he didn't work hard or have loads of talent.

I'm talking about his off-field antics. The things he does on social media. Basically, if any other college student complained about the things HE complained about all while having their school paid for, no job, nice car, courtside seats to countless NBA games, MLB games, NFL games, etc...I would dislike them. I would think that kid has no grasp of the reality that average college students must live through.

In fact, if anyone should walk a mile in anyone else's shoes, it's Manziel. He should see what it's like to work a full time job, have a full course load, drive a shitty car, barely afford internet, eat nothing but Ramen noodles, etc, etc, etc.

In the list of college kids with things to complain about, Manziel is at the very, very, very bottom. Yet - he complains. Walk a mile in your shoes? Well, Johnny, I'd have loved to have walked a mile in your shoes when I was in college. It would have been awesome to not have to work. It'd have been awesome to be able to afford a professional sporting event, much less to sit courtside. It'd be awesome to drive a nice, new car that mommy and daddy paid for.

I'm well aware there are tons of people that have those luxuries in their life. They just don't complain about their lives to the world completely unaware of how entitled, spoiled, and selfish they sound. To do so would be extremely unlikable (Manziel).

He's a fantastic football player. A&M will undoubtedly take a large step back with him gone, IMO. But he's a douche supreme.