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In a decades-long study that looked at collegiate and major professional sports across the world, researchers revealed today that really shitty teams tend to believe that they never get any calls from officials.

The 55-year study, the longest running study in history on sports team and referee interaction, was a joint effort conducted by Harvard, Stanford and Oxford universities.

"The shittier the team, the more it tends to believe the refs are against them," said Roger Vance, a Harvard professor who announced the study's findings. "It was like this across all sports, and all levels of play, and every country. While good teams sometimes feel targeted by officials, shit teams inordinately blame refs for everything that goes agains them."

Fan behavior was also tracked by the researchers.

"As much as shitty teams complain about officiating, the fans of shitty teams complain exponentially more," said Vance. "In fact, we almost quit doing the study several times because we found these people to be so annoying."

Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel completed his final spring semester exam today by acing his Halo 4 final. Conducted on Manziel's leather living room couch in front of a 60-inch LCD screen, the exam was proctored by the Heisman winner's buddy Ryan.

"Johnny kicked ass," said Ryan. "I'd play Halo with him any day. A-plus."

By successfully completing a Halo 4 mission, Manziel earns three credits from Texas A&M towards his 12-credit, learn-at-home spring course load. He previously completed his final exams in three other courses: NCAA Football 13, Papa John's Pizza Ordering and an independent research study on the effects of sleeping past 11 a.m. on the human body. His final bit of work for the spring semester is due tomorrow.

"I have to write a 140-character paper on how cool it is to meet famous people," said the quarterback. "I submit it by tweet."

Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o says he is disappointed to have not been drafted in the 1st Round of the NFL Draft but thinks he at least understands why.

"According to my agent, all of the teams backed away from me because they feel I am a 'total and complete moron,' to quote him," said Te'o. "He said they think I'm the dumbest person ever and they say that's even relative to other football players, which therefore — and again, I'm quoting — possibly makes me the 'dumbest person in the entire world.'"

Tom Condon, Te'o's agent, confirmed teams' sentiments towards the linebacker.

"Wow. Te'o remembered everything I said perfectly," said Condon. "Probably because I spoke very, very slowly and made him repeat the words back to me and also made sure there were no shiny objects in the room when I was talking to him."

The 2013 NFL Draft got off to a memorable start Thursday night. Moments after the Kansas City Chiefs used the first overall pick to select left tackle Eric Fisher from Central Michigan, sophomore Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel ran naked across the stage in front of Roger Goodell's podium yelling "WOOOOOOOO! GIG'EM! WOOOOOOO!"

He held the Heisman Trophy above his head as he ran across the stage, exiting stage right. Seconds later, a phalanx of topless young women ran across the stage in pursuit of Manziel.

"Johnny Manziel, ladies and gentlemen," commissioner Roger Goodell said, barely skipping a beat, after the models exited the stage. "What a kid, huh?"

NFL officials had reportedly been alerted before the draft that Manziel was partying in New York City Thursday night — for a paper he is working for school called "Partying in New York City on the Night of the 2013 NFL Draft" — and that an incident could occur.