The description came in a review of Netflix's new documentary on the rise and fall of Johnny Manziel. Texas TexasAggies TexasFootball JohnnyManziel
Although Texas A&M is known for its Corps of Cadets ROTC program, social media users took issue with describing the state university as a"military college."
Users of X, the social media platform previously know as Twitter, are ridiculing a British news outlet for calling Texas A&M a"military school in the Lone Star hinterlands."a Netflix documentary that traces the dramatic rise and fall of Johnny Manziel, a top NFL prospect while at A&M who transformed into a self-sabotaging flop. In the article, reporter Andrew Lawrence described Manziel as"football's Charlie Sheen.
While users of the X platform seemed to have little problem with Lawrence's summation of the film, many derided his description of A&M when explaining the impact Manziel had during his time as the school's star quarterback. " also changed the economics at Texas A&M, a military school in the Lone Star State hinterlands that had recently jumped into the SEC — the top-level conference known for churning out future pros," the article stated.contributing writer Forrest Wilder was quick to poke fun at the description in a Tuesday post on X.
"Lol at this description of Texas A&M in The Guardian ," wrote Wilder, a University of Texas at Austin graduate.
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