Texas A&M Football

The Te'o Fallacy: When emotion overpowers reason

Heisman voters leapt on Manti Te'o's story and were fiercely resistant to let it go despite Johnny Manziel's superior play. With what we now know and what has yet to be revealed, the results are further vindicated.
January 18, 2013
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Strange how things work out, isn’t it?

A few weeks ago Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel was condemned after photos surfaced showing him in a casino, uncorking a bottle of champagne, and many recalled his dancing with a lingerie-clad young woman on Halloween.

College football's morality police -- who apparently think every Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback should live a Tim Tebowian lifestyle -- were outraged at such behavior.

Turn out, he did nothing wrong.





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