Imagine if Tony Romo finally led the Cowboys to a Super Bowl, and then showed up for the parade wearing a Washington Redskins' jersey. What if Dirk Nowitzki won another title, and then celebrated by getting the San Antonio Spurs' logo tattooed on his bicep. Or fathom our American President turning out to be a Muslim.
That slimy, turncoat feeling of betrayal is how Aggies fans must feel these days when they read the latest headline involving Johnny Manziel.
As we've previously documented
Johnny Football has deteriorated into Johnny Goofball, tarnishing what he did on the football field in 2012 with an off-season of missteps that is desecrating the fabled lore and tradition of Aggieland.
The latest: The face of A&M football showed up a University of Texas fraternity party in Austin last weekend, and was unceremoniously kicked out. (That's him in the video, wearing the pink Polo.)
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I'm sure publicly Aggies fans will defend their man. But, privately, this has to be rotting their soul. I've got a buddy who's an A&M alum and he told me this about Manziel.
"It's love-hate," he said, admitting he's conflicted and irritated by Manziel. "If he didn't do what he did on the field, he'd be one of the most despised Aggies of all time."
Or, would we even notice?
If the Aggies had their usual 7-5 season in 2012 Manziel could get a Longhorns tattoo and flash Hook 'Em at a concert in Austin without anyone caring, or noticing. But he's the defending Heisman Trophy winner. And one of the most prominent Aggies in A&M history.
For Aggies fans Manziel's cajoling of the 'Horns and public love for the burnt orange must be nauseating. (He grew up in Tyler, a fan of Earl Campbell and Texas, though the Longhorns recruited him only mildly out of Kerrville Tivy High School as a defensive back.) And
Aug. 31 can't arrive fast enough.
