deleted to let cbarnes tell the story if he wants to.

[This message has been edited by UntoldSpirit (edited 11/11/2012 9:02p).]

False. It was delivered upon him by a higher power. He is simply the prophet.

Sounds legit.

I thought his last name was pronounced Man-zell, not Man-zeel?

Wonder if he'll be partaking of the trademark licensing proceeds.

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I thought his last name was pronounced Man-zell, not Man-zeel?

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so does everyone else. Made me question the encounter

[This message has been edited by Careerchange05 (edited 11/11/2012 8:34p).]

Yeah, all this time all we've heard is we're wrong, it's "man-zell". So JFF himself says it's "man-zeel"?

I seem to remember a coach calling Anthony Michael Hall "Johnny Football" in the under rated movie Johnny Be Good.

Montgomery, TX represent

I was there and this did actuall happen. That said, I made up the name like two days before that during a similarly memorable, folksy story.

[This message has been edited by cbarnes16 (edited 11/11/2012 8:49p).]

Texags radio worthy? Paging Gabe...

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Thank you for sharing

cbarnes, why did you delete your post. I certainly did not mean to embellish the story, so please, go ahead and correct it or bring it down to earth. What is the truth? I think it is worth sharing, whatever it is.

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Yeah, all this time all we've heard is we're wrong, it's "man-zell". So JFF himself says it's "man-zeel"?

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That just seals the deal "Johnny football" from now on just so I don't sound like an idiot.

His whole family in Tyler pronounces it Man-ZELL.

Cool!

Repost?

What the hell is going on in here?

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I seem to remember a coach calling Anthony Michael Hall "Johnny Football" in the under rated movie Johnny Be Good.

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He actually calls him Johnny Ballgame. Which is good too but I prefer Football.

Uhhhhhhhhhh...

What

Great story.

OP deleted his original post that told the story: a guy named Mark Barnes apparently the coined the term while Manziel was a soph at Tivy. He had a big game filling in at QB, so Barnes went over to congratulate him, asked how to pronounce his name, then said, "I've just been calling you Johnny Football."

Teammates loved it, and it stuck.

Also a quote from Barnes saying he tends to make up nicknames for all the players there so he doesn't have to remember or pronounce last names. The kids there seem to love it.

He won Dave Campbell's Texas football player of the year award in HS.....:but I'm sticking with prophet is the reason