Marcel Reed's dad silences ridiculous Texas A&M rumors that popped up from internet trolls

Marcel Reed is possibly the most divisive quarterback in college football for the upcoming season— people are either way up on him or way down, with hardly any falling in the middle. Regardless of what you think of his skillset, of course, you can't deny the accomplishments of last year, propelling Texas A&M to a top-three ranking, willing them to a win in South Bend against a top-10 Notre Dame team, and making the program's first-ever playoff field.

Given that he's a figure that is popular to praise and to hate right now, it's not surprising to see internet trolls coming out of the woodwork to make comments about Reed. There's been a trend over the last few years on X of fake or parody accounts putting out posts that look exactly like real outlets, except they have completely fabricated a story or a quote. One such account just took aim directly at Marcel with a false quote— but Reed's father was quick to shoot it down.

Marcel Reed's dad shoots down ridiculous troll post of Texas A&M with perfect quote

The fake quote in question hinged upon the idea that Marcel was "frightened" of Miami's defense in the playoff game. Anyone who watched the game could tell that was not true— though it was not one of Marcel's best games, it more so looked like a lack of preparation on the coaching end of things rather than Marcel himself being psychologically affected by the Canes' defense.

Reed's father and high school coach, Rod Reed, has chimed in multiple times on social media to dispel fake narratives about his son or the team more broadly, and so it was no surprise to see him come in and take down this laughable attempt at a troll of the Aggie quarterback. He kept it real in his reply in a way that Texas A&M fans will love, all while sending the right message.

Too often people don't "check the source" when they repeat these things. Even credentialed reporters have many times been fooled by these fake accounts that purport to be putting out real information. Though "No3 Sports" is clearly attempting to fool people into thinking they are "On3 Sports," there are even more insidious examples— especially, for some reason, in the college basketball world.

What Reed's father said should ring true with Texas A&M fans, of course. You can say many things about Marcel, but you can't say he's scared. In fact, many Aggie fans may think him too courageous— he's made some huge plays with his willingness to take chances down the field, but some of those have turned into turnovers as well.

Reed's continued evolution as a passer will be key to Texas A&M's success in the upcoming year, and so there will be a lot of scrutiny from Aggie fans. That scrutiny doesn't need to be heightened by fake posts like this one, and so the points made by Marcel's father here should be well-taken.

Marcel Reed is far better than many give him credit for

Even so, Marcel's stats up until this point are still far better than many people would like to admit. Reed exceeds even the way-overhyped Arch Manning when you actually get into the numbers, as we pointed out last week:

Though some Aggie fans have a love/hate relationship with Marcel, you have to acknowledge that he's done some impressive things already as Texas A&M's quarterback— including going 2-0 against LSU, which no Texas A&M QB has done since they joined the SEC. For those who point to the disparity in offensive line play between these two, I need only kindly remind you that Arch's biggest and abiding problem is his extremely lackluster and head-scratching decision-making when under pressure— it's way, way worse than what Marcel has done in those situations.

The upshot is this: as always, the Texas A&M player is going to have to earn respect where others get it free of charge. You can expect to see more troll posts like the one from "No3" above as the summer wears on, and until Marcel completely silences them with his play on the field this fall, they will continue.

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