Texas A&M fans left stung after Kirby Smart takes jab at Aggie football legend

Texas A&M football fans were simply going about their days on Monday, minding their own business. Then, all of a sudden, social media feeds of all different stripes were filled with something that I'm not sure any member of the Aggie faithful expected to see.

This is something of a dead time in the college football news cycle. Spring football has not exactly picked up fully yet, recruiting mostly consists of visits being set, so there's not a lot to take into account at this juncture.

Right out of the blue, then, came Kirby Smart with this shot at one of the most beloved recent players for Texas A&M football. In the midst of a coaching clinic, Smart, in an attempt to be funny, utterly dismissed Johnny Football himself.

Kirby Smart takes unnecessary shot at Texas A&M football legend Johnny Manziel

Smart had a picture up on the screen of Bryce Young, Joe Burrow, Cam Newton, and Johnny Manziel. He asked what all four had in common— obviously, the Heisman trophy. One misguided audience member called out "champions!" and Smart bit back with this comment about Manziel.

Now, obviously Manziel never won a national championship. But to be fair, Bryce Young never did either— he won an SEC title against Georgia only to lose to the Bulldogs in the actual title game.

The continuity that Smart was hoping to show was that all four of these players had great days against his defense— something that obviously helped all four in their journey to win the top individual award in the sport.

Manziel has obviously earned a reputation as a hard partier in his college days, but by all accounts, he's turned over a new leaf. This kind of dig is a little bit passe at this point, and it was a shot that Smart really didn't need to take.

Aggie fans were quick to point out the hypocrisy of the Georgia coach clowning someone for undisciplined off-the-field incidents, given what has been going on with their program for some time. Most of the replies to this post point out that dichotomy in one form or another.

Maybe, with that in mind, Smart will think better than to take shots like this next time.