Tip to Oehser, a Baltimore columnist has a man crush on 18
Time is running out. I’ve got only a few more days to get over my man-crush on Peyton Manning.
Won’t be easy. Even during his perfunctory conference call with the media on Tuesday, I found myself wondering how anyone can pack so much smart and charming and successful into one human body. And he didn’t really say anything all that interesting.
“It’s going to be a tough game here in Indy on Saturday,” he said. “We know that, but it’ll be two really good teams playing against each other.”
That isn’t exactly going to stop the presses, but when Manning delivers even the most innocuous comment with that folksy Southern lilt, you just want to find one of those blue-and-white “We’re No.1” foam fingers and tickle him under the chin.
I’m not the Lone Ranger. The whole country is having a love affair with Peyton, who seems as comfortable making people laugh on “Saturday Night Live” as he does making opposing fans cry on Sunday afternoons. That’s why he’s the perfect pitchman to replaceTiger Woods at the top of the sports advertising food chain.
I already liked him better than Tiger anyway. Manning has fronted for everything from satellite TV to cell phones, and always with a wink and an Everyman quality that makes you wonder how he can be so gosh darn likable at the same time he’s carving up NFLdefenses like a mad butcher.
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