CWS.... I see your point.
The difference is though.... I'll tell you straight up that Johnny Football is a world class D-bag. I'm not gonna sit here and defend him or make excuses for his dumbass behavior. He's just that... a dumbass. I flat out stated on our old board that I was happy to see him go when he left school early.
Time will tell how Mayfield turns out I suppose.
Well, for the record, I thought Manziel was a pretty story for awhile. Before it became obvious that he was a d-bag.
Mayfield is aware of the comparison to Manziel. He has said that he thought the comparison was cool at first, and then realized that it was for actions off the field, and then it wasn't so cool.
Mayfield may be a bad guy. I hope not, but it could turn out that he is. There are good things he does--with kids, with teammates, with old friends--that give me reason to hope that he's a great guy, an unselfish team leader, but a guy who crosses the line at times. Right now, I think he's a little like John McEnroe. I hated McEnroe for his antics on the tennis court, but later was pleasantly surprised to learn that he was a great student of the game, revered its traditions, loved being part of the Davis Cup competition, etc. He just couldn't behave properly when on the court.
Here's a truth, and Mayfield has said this about himself: if he were on the other team, I probably would hate him. I would see it as such an indictment of Longhorn football, especially if UT had its program going well right now, if he were wearing burnt orange. But he's our guy. Mostly, I like what I see, and then he does something that makes me wince.
There's a good article on him on the SI website:
https://www.si.com/college-football/2017/11/28/oklahoma-sooners-baker-mayfield-heisman-playoff. It comes out in the print edition tomorrow. I'll be buying a copy.