If you were a college football fan in 2012, you most certainly remember Johnny Manziel in the famous Scooby Doo costume. The former Texas A&M quarterback was dressed in a Scooby Doo costume while dancing with a lingerie-clad coed.
Manziel recently opened up about his viral Halloween photo during an episode of his Ball Don’t Lie podcast.
Then-Texas A&M assistant coach Kliff Kingsbury spoke about that night as well a few years ago.
“The Scooby Doo picture — there’s a great story behind that one too because the next day we’re going to Mississippi State and Johnny is nowhere to be found in the offensive meeting,” Kingsbury said. “The picture has already come out. As a staff, I’m like, ‘That chick is hot. Good job, Johnny.’ I’m thinking, ‘He’s going to be on time.’ He doesn’t show at all for the meeting, so we’re trying to cover for his ass so he can at least show up for the walkthrough.
“Friday, before we leave to go to Starkville, here he comes. Johnny has some crazy excuse. His roommate pulled the plug on his alarm clocks — something with the electricity. But we already know what he’s been doing. So he misses the offensive meeting and trots out to walkthrough. Coach [Kevin] Sumlin doesn’t know, at this point, that he’s late. He goes through the walkthrough, probably still a little intoxicated at that point. We do our deal, he gets on the plane, goes to Starkville, and lays probably the best game I’ve ever seen. At that point, I’m like, ‘This kid is not human.’”
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Manziel was 30-of-36 passing for 311 yards along with 21 carries for 129 yards and two touchdowns in the Aggies’ 38-13 win over MSU.
“Kliff Kingsbury being the OG that he is already knows what it is,” Manziel said.
