We can't know what Namath and Stabler would have done in the exact same situation, but the Manning Academy is a big deal, and it doesn't speak highly of JM that he couldn't behave while he was there.
Not that exact situation, no, but we do know that they did something out of line, but the big difference here is that they were made to account for their mistakes by CPB, their Head Coach, something that will not happen in College Station, as we already know...and you are right, it doesn't speak highly of him at all...not a big surprise, though...