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Johnny Manziel on Texas, Oklahoma joining the SEC: ‘Sack up and play’

By Ethan Lee

COLLEGE STATION, TX - NOVEMBER 02: Mike Evans #13, Johnny Manziel #2 and Travis Labhart #15 of the Texas A&M Aggies during the playing of "The Spirit of Aggie Land" at Kyle Field on November 2, 2013 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)
COLLEGE STATION, TX - NOVEMBER 02: Mike Evans #13, Johnny Manziel #2 and Travis Labhart #15 of the Texas A&M Aggies during the playing of "The Spirit of Aggie Land" at Kyle Field on November 2, 2013 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images) /
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Heisman winner and former Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel weighed in on Texas and Oklahoma as the Longhorns and Sooners look to join the SEC.

As the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners look to follow the Texas A&M Aggies and the Mizzou Tigers to the Southeastern Conference, one prominent former Aggie made his thoughts on the subject known.

On Tuesday, Johnny Manziel, a former quarterback for the Texas A&M Aggies and the 2012 Heisman Winner, spoke about the possibility of Texas and Oklahoma landing in the SEC in the near future.

Brandon Ogden of the Tyler Morning Telegraph shared a video of Manziel speaking on Tuesday:

“The rivalry has been gone for a while and now it looks like it’s going to come back. So, it’s time to just sack up and go play the game,” Manziel said.

Manziel is certainly an expert on knowing what it takes for a Big 12 team to thrive as it makes the move to the SEC. It’s fair to say that, without his stellar play, the Aggies probably wouldn’t have been as successful in those first couple of seasons after leaving the Big 12.

Texas A&M legend Johnny Manziel sounds off as Oklahoma and Texas try to leave the Big 12

“I think Texas A&M is in a great position, no matter if Oklahoma or Texas decide to come and it looks like they’re going to,” Manziel said.

Manziel isn’t necessarily wrong here.

The Aggies, under Jimbo Fisher, have been steadily improving and look to be a solid team in the SEC West. Last season, with a regular-season schedule that was comprised solely of SEC games and a bowl game against Mack Brown and North Carolina, the Aggies went 9-1.

“I think it’ll make our conference better. Lucky for Texas A&M, we have a nine, almost 10, year head start on both of those teams being in the SEC,” Manziel said.

As it looks at the moment, Texas A&M is a solid program that could absolutely continue to see success in the future, regardless of whether or not the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners make the move to the SEC.

This is far from being the last time we’ll see notable banter between the Longhorns, Aggies, and Sooners. There’s a lot of history between those programs and we should expect to see more quips and chirping as the weird and wild conference realignment process continues.

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