Johnny Manziel gets stung over ‘College GameDay’ snafu

Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel was scheduled to be a guest on ESPN’s “College GameDay” for the College Football Playoff game between his alma mater, Texas A&M Aggiesand the Miami Hurricanes.

However, at the last second, NBA champion Alex Caruso was placed in Manziel’s place after the former quarterback retired. Manziel apologized in a post on his Instagram Stories, saying the reason he missed his spot was out of his control and suggested he was battling an illness.

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Questions about the reason for his withdrawal arose as he was reportedly spotted at the Jake Paul-Anthony Joshua fight the night before in Miami, Florida.

ESPN’s Rece Davis still seemed unsettled about the situation as he alluded to it in a recent podcast.

“When you’re in a fight like that, you have to be very careful about where you eat breakfast the next morning,” he said on television. “College GameDay Podcast.” “Because it can make you sick and make it difficult to reach the places you’re supposed to go. But I digress.

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“I was just wondering, is that what the kids call it these days? A bad breakfast? Anyway, I wouldn’t throw criticism anywhere. For those who follow closely, you’ll be able to read between the lines. You have to follow a little closely.”

Manziel missed a very competitive match.

Texas A&M had a 6-0 lead with 8:03 left in the fourth quarter. Miami’s Carson Beck then engineered a six-play, 86-yard drive that ended with a touchdown pass to Malachi Toney.

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Miami won the game 10-3 and will meet Ohio State in the quarter-finals.

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