There was some uncertainty (some of it perhaps manufactured to give the event more drama), but the end result was the one most people expected: Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel is officially the first freshman Heisman winner in history. Watch Manziel’s speech after the jump.

It’s one of the rough things about being a sports fan, that you have zero impact on the outcome of the event in which you’re so invested. It’s a big reason we’re so prone to freaking out when watching: we’re utterly helpless to change whatever happens. Freaking out is the only thing you can do. Just ask this pair of Alabama rooters. [Busted Coverage]

Johnny Manziel’s used to putting up ridiculous numbers, but no one could have predicted he’d take the nation by storm quite like he has as a redshirt freshman Texas A&M quarterback. He’s been so good, in fact, that he’s shooting to the top of Heisman lists. But what are his chances of actually winning the award?

Well, you couldn’t expect things to keep going too perfectly for Texas A&M, could you? They just knocked off the No. 1 team in America, moved into the Top 10 themselves, and have a Heisman frontrunner/national sensation at quarterback. That’s just asking for the universe to even things out a bit, so now we have the video below – one that will make any Texas A&M fan who doesn’t happen to be a drunken racist lunatic the slightest bit ashamed to (apparently) root for the same team as this guy. Warning: the video above contains an N-bomb. And one of the world’s biggest idiots. [SB Nation]

Apparently oblivious to the fact that we are well past Labor Day, Texas A&M will debut their all-white uniforms today as they take on no. 1 Alabama.

When Iowa State upset TCU 37-23 on Saturday, many fans immediately thought one thing: Paul Rhoads is gonna be back on Youtube, and soon. The Cyclones’ head coach was upstaged, though, by the coach of a onetime conference rival. Only Ole Miss? Don’t you dare tell Kevin Sumlin that. [Saturday Down South via Sara Jane Harris]

When the college football season kicks off in less than a month, it seems like every team in the country will be wearing something new. Check out all of the new threads you’ll be seeing, after the jump.

Texas A&M is new to the SEC. In case you’d forgotten that, the school’s fans would be all too happy to remind you – especially if they can do it with a billboard. And their latest – if, in fact, it was placed by A&M fans at all – is their worst yet.

Mike Sherman is out as Texas A&M coach. The development wasn’t a surprise – A&M underachieved, and relative lack of job security is part of the coaching deal. But the way Sherman was rumored to have found out – that was just wrong.