Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football (antidepressants sold separately in Tuscaloosa): JOHNNY FOOTBALL: FUN TO WATCH, HARD TO DEFINE Johnny Manziel (1) is the delicious new flavor of the month in college football, an unconventional talent who did what no player has done the past two years: bring the mighty Alabama (2) defense to its knees. In the process of watching the Texas A&M quarterback carve up the Crimson Tide for 345 yards of total offense and two touchdown passes, America began grasping for the proper comparison to previous dynamic quarterbacks we’ve seen. He was compared to 1980s Boston College hero Doug Flutie (3) , but that’s not right. Manziel has Flutie’s improvisational flair, but he’s bigger and certainly seems faster. Tim Tebow bows down while playing against LSU. (AP) He was compared to former Florida Gator Tim Tebow (4) , but that’s not right either. Manziel is 35 pounds lighter than Tebow and several inches shorter, and their running styles are very different. In terms of college quarterbacking talents…
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