Johnny Manziel confirms that the infamous Texas Longhorns tattoo is a fake

Texas A&M Aggies quarterback Johnny Manziel is introduced against the Florida Gators at halftime at Reed Arena. (Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports)

Talk about one of the most unnecessary, 24-hour firestorms in recent sports history. On Tuesday, a picture of Texas A&M’s Heisman-winning quarterback, with a Texas Longhorns tattoo near his left ribcage, exploded into the blogosphere with seemingly more speed than the big bang.

Almost immediately, folks were zooming in 800 times to see just how permanent this ink really was.

Basically, you know it must be the offseason when millions of sports fans nationwide are enhancing a tattoo on a 20-year old who is simply enjoying his time on Spring Break.

As much as we can be sure that Jonnny Football did not feel like dealing with this nuisance (for the first time practically ever, there was no booze in the pic or anything incriminating whatsoever) he did with a succinct tweet.

FAKE tattoo..

— Johnny Manziel (@JManziel2) March 13, 2013

However, the dude just can not catch a break. Almost immediately afterwards, the haters started doing exactly what they do best. Of course, Manziel did not back down from Alabama’s elite defense. Why would he back down from some punk little Twitter troll?

@alexparmley_ you suck

— Johnny Manziel (@JManziel2) March 13, 2013

But wait, it gets oh so much better.

@bamabane tell your mom I said wassup

— Johnny Manziel (@JManziel2) March 13, 2013

Manziel is a never-ending ball of entertainment on the football field, and off of it, all we can say is that we are sure he would be a lot of fun to rage with as well.

Unless you give him a hard time when you don’t even know him.

Ask Bama how well that worked out for them last year.

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What do you think Gamedayrs?