Great Quote from Jackie Sherrill

[WilsonHog]

@SportsTalkwBo: Sherrill on "The House that Johnny Built": "It'd be like putting 'The House that Houston Nutt Built' at Arkansas. A lot of people come thru programs."

[Professor Psychosis]

@SportsTalkwBo: Sherrill on "The House that Johnny Built": "It'd be like putting 'The House that Houston Nutt Built' at Arkansas. A lot of people come thru programs."

I can't believe naming their stadium after Johnny is a thing.  He won a Heisman, sure, but he could still be a total bust in the NFL (many former Heismans were), and the team he was on finished 3rd in their division.

[BluegrassRazorback]

@SportsTalkwBo: Sherrill on "The House that Johnny Built": "It’d be like putting 'The House that Houston Nutt Built' at Arkansas. A lot of people come thru programs."

Ole Jackie ''The Jackel'' Sherrell sure knows how to put a stick in your eye and twist it with that HDN quote

[PonderinHog]

Ole Jackie ''The Jackel'' Sherrell sure knows how to put a stick in your eyes d twist it with that HDN quote

He's a Nutt cutter from way back.

[hogcard1964]

He's a Nutt cutter from way back.

Has he always disliked Nutt?

[Hoggish1]

@SportsTalkwBo: Sherrill on "The House that Johnny Built": "It'd be like putting 'The House that Houston Nutt Built' at Arkansas. A lot of people come thru programs."

Houston's nutts and and a built house can't ever go in the same sentence...

[Rocky&Boarwinkle]

Has he always disliked Nutt?

Do you really not know the Jackie Sherrill legend?

Where he castrated a bull at practice and got in to a world of trouble for it.

[DeltaBoy]

Do you really not know the Jackie Sherrill legend?

Where he castrated a bull at practice and got in to a world of trouble for it.

All while coaching at Mississippi State.

[Boston RedHogs]

Played golf with Jackie about 15 years ago.  Didn't like the garbage coming out of his mouth then and this is no different.

[OS2 (SW) Razor Back]

@SportsTalkwBo: Sherrill on "The House that Johnny Built": "It'd be like putting 'The House that Houston Nutt Built' at Arkansas. A lot of people come thru programs."

It would be like renaming Kyle Field, "The House that Sherrill Built".

[Sed76]

All while coaching at Mississippi State.

Thought he did that while coaching at A&M before a game against Texas.

[Ironhawg]

Do you really not know the Jackie Sherrill legend?

Where he castrated a bull at practice and got in to a world of trouble for it.

Seriously?  NYJMSU!

[Jek Tono Porkins]

Seriously?  NYJMSU!

http://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/16/sports/sports-people-college-football-sherrill-apologizes-for-incident.html

[redeye]

I can't believe naming their stadium after Johnny is a thing.  He won a Heisman, sure, but he could still be a total bust in the NFL (many former Heismans were), and the team he was on finished 3rd in their division.

It's a publicity stunt.  If he's a bust, then they'll have another publicity stunt and change it to something else.

[PonderinHog]

Thought he did that while coaching at A&M MSU before a game against Texas.

True story.

[3kgthog]

Johnny just being Johnny with more money will create his own publicity stunts without even trying. Sit back and watch the Justin Bieber of the NFL.

[Inhogswetrust]

Do you really not know the Jackie Sherrill legend?

Where he castrated a bull at practice and got in to a world of trouble for it.

He castrated the TAMU football program before that according to the NCAA........................................

[Inhogswetrust]

Seriously?  NYJMSU!

Seriously It happened at MSU while he was the coach there.

[Trottsky]

It was at A&M, getting his team ready for the Longhorns.

[BigSexyHog]

Nutt couldn't even construct a simple fence around the state much less build a damn house.

[NVRyield]

Nutt couldn't even construct a simple fence around the state much less build a damn house.

But Jackie's got that wood!

[Ironhawg]

http://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/16/sports/sports-people-college-football-sherrill-apologizes-for-incident.html

Wow!  I had never heard that story!  With that one stunt Jackie becomes an instant legend to all Longhorn-haters!

[PonderinHog]

It was at A&M, getting his team ready for the Longhorns.

Then why did he apologize to MSU fans?

[Pigdiana Jones]

I can't believe naming their stadium after Johnny is a thing.  He won a Heisman, sure, but he could still be a total bust in the NFL (many former Heismans were), and the team he was on finished 3rd in their division.

Johnny douchebag stadium?

[PonderinHog]

Johnny douchebag stadium?

How about Johnny Guano Stadium?  Those aggies are batshat crazy down there.

[trashcan maN]

Naming stadiums after people who win Cotton Bowls? Seems Aggie-like

[Trottsky]

Then why did he apologize to MSU fans?

Doh! As an MSU grad, I subconsciously tried to shift the scene of the embarassing incident. Reading more, posting even less.

[BigSexyHog]

Naming stadiums after people who win Cotton Bowls? Seems Aggie-like

Very +1

[EastexHawg]

Johnny just being Johnny with more money will create his own publicity stunts without even trying. Sit back and watch the Justin Bieber of the NFL.

Justin Bieber of the NFL...I like it.

[Iwastherein1969]

I'm no Johnny Football lover but methinks you guys underestimate the kid....he did things to Alabama that no other QB has ever done to a Nick Saban coached team...what allows Manziel to 'do his thing' is the size of his hands....for a short stocky guy the kid has huge hands and he has a thick body trunk, unlike Mikey Vick, so I think he'll be more durable than Vick...Manziel may never be a Tom Brady or a Peyton Manning, but the kid will do well in the NFL whether we Hog fans like it or not

[Inhogswetrust]

It was at A&M, getting his team ready for the Longhorns.

It was at MSU BUT you are correct it was before playing tejas:


The bull was castrated in front of the team on a practice field before Mississippi State defeated the Texas Longhorns, 28-10, on Sept. 5. Later, Sherrill said he allowed the procedure because it was educational and motivational.

[pigture perfect]

Has he always disliked Nutt?

That's because he couldn't beat him consistantly.

[(notOM)Rebel123]

aTm Regent Jim Schwertner suggested the name change.

http://extramustard.si.com/2014/05/13/kyle-field-the-house-that-johnny-built/

[Magic_Hogg]

Maggie's love them some Manziel. Howdy!!!

[Magic_Hogg]

Aggie's love them some Manziel

[LZH]

I'm still waiting for the punch line.  Is this, like, a real thing?  Seriously?

[Tejano Jawg]

@SportsTalkwBo: Sherrill on "The House that Johnny Built": "It'd be like putting 'The House that Houston Nutt Built' at Arkansas. A lot of people come thru programs."

The first--and only--time that I respect something that Jackie Sherrill ever said.

[1highhog]

It was at A&M, getting his team ready for the Longhorns.

No, it was at Miss State.

[PowderedToastMan]

What was wrong with castrating a bull in practice?  We show kids that in class at school.

[Inhogswetrust]

Aggie's love them some Manziel

That's not the only part of a man they love.................................

[Inhogswetrust]

What was wrong with castrating a bull in practice?  We show kids that in class at school.

It was not a class they had all signed up for and not everyone wants to see something like that. Besides it was more for motivational purposes than anything. IF they had not been playing the longhorns he never would have done it.

[PonderinHog]

It was not a class they had all signed up for and not everyone wants to see something like that. Besides it was more for motivational purposes than anything. IF they had not been playing the longhorns he never would have done it.

Ends justify the means.  MSU won.

[jkstock04]

I'm no Johnny Football lover but methinks you guys underestimate the kid....he did things to Alabama that no other QB has ever done to a Nick Saban coached team...what allows Manziel to 'do his thing' is the size of his hands....for a short stocky guy the kid has huge hands and he has a thick body trunk, unlike Mikey Vick, so I think he'll be more durable than Vick...Manziel may never be a Tom Brady or a Peyton Manning, but the kid will do well in the NFL whether we Hog fans like it or not

Manziel is the best college qb I have ever seen play in person. Watching him last year was similar to the time I saw Peyton Manning in the late 90s. Sitting there I felt like I was watching one of the next big time NFL qb's of the next era. I'll be shocked if he doesn't have a heck of a career.

[sportster365]

I like Johnny and I think he's a great football player who brings in a lot of intangibles with his ability to move, but I did see a lot of carelessly thrown passes that were luckily grabbed by his much taller and overpowering 6-5 receiver in Mike Evans.

I also want to see if he's not just a product of a system. Personally I feel a guy with his intangibles will find a way to make it work in just about any system, but in retrospect Sumlin's offenses (at least from what we know at Houston and now at aTm) have produced well and QB play has been exceptional. Case Keenum put up some incredible numbers while at Houston in Sumlin's system with 3 seasons of 5,000+ passing yards. Numbers that likely would have won him multiple Heisman trophy's had he played at a major div.1 program.

Keenum's ability hasn't thus far translated over to the pros very well. The one factor that sticks out to me about Johnny playing for the Browns the most right now is them wanting him to play from behind center. Most of what Johnny has done at aTm has come from the shotgun which raises even more questions about his ability to perform on a high level outside of Sumlin's system. The system he's grown to become known as Johnny Football in.

[The Kig]

I don't think the renaming is going to happen.  However, considering the tards named stadium the first time after a horticulturist, they have probably been jonesin to name it after someone actually related to football for quite some time...

[Mick Hogger]

So, the best he did is get them 3rd or 4th place in the SEC West, took online classes to avoid being part of the student population, and he actually wanted to be a Longhorn. But he got a Heisman, so he's the greatest thing Aggie ever.

Aggies gonna Aggie.

[Mike Irwin]

A former grad assistant under Hatfield told me this story about Jackie Sherrill and A&M.

The grad assistant left Fayetteville for a job at Texas Tech where he developed a reputation for trouble shooting on NCAA compliance issues. He was so good at his job that Texas A&M offered him an astounding salary to become their NCAA compliance officer.

All went well through the first summer but a few weeks into the football season he was summoned to athletic director John David Crow's office.

"Son, you're about to find out why we're paying you the big bucks," Crow drawled.

"That's what I'm here for. What's the problem?" the guy responded.

"Well for starters," Crow began, "we got three or four ole boys playin' on our football team that aren't enrolled in school."

The former Arkansas grad assistant quit his high paying job a few months later telling me, "I'm good but I ain't no miracle worker."

[Hogwild]

When asked about going to coach in the NFL Joe Paterno said he couldn't leave college football to the likes of Jackie Sherrills and Barry Swtizers.  Paterno would later apologize to Switzer.

[Inhogswetrust]

Ends justify the means.  MSU won.

That's true but he had to apologize for his motivational tactics. In the interest of full disclosure I can't stand Jackie. I didn't like him at Pitt or Tamu or MSU and I don't like him when he's on Memphis radio during the season...........

[Inhogswetrust]

A former grad assistant under Hatfield told me this story about Jackie Sherrill and A&M.

The grad assistant left Fayetteville for a job at Texas Tech where he developed a reputation for trouble shooting on NCAA compliance issues. He was so good at his job that Texas A&M offered him an astounding salary to become their NCAA compliance officer.

All went well through the first summer but a few weeks into the football season he was summoned to athletic director John David Crow's office.

"Son, you're about to find out why we're paying you the big bucks," Crow drawled.

"That's what I'm here for. What's the problem?" the guy responded.

"Well for starters," Crow began, "we got three or four ole boys playin' on our football team that aren't enrolled in school."

The former Arkansas grad assistant quit his high paying job a few months later telling me, "I'm good but I ain't no miracle worker."

I believe it.