Manning Up: Father vs. Son

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“Vote for
Archie!”

“Vote for Peyton
because he’s a lot better than Charles Woodson.”

Originally named
The Hoosier Dome, The RCA Dome opened in 1983 and seats 57,980
screaming Colts fans.  Unfortunately, the upper half of these
fans are forced to sit on the only remaining bench seats in the NFL. 
Yes, this is as painful as it sounds. 

Largely due to Peyton
Manning’s success, the Colts will relocate to the newly built Lucas Oil
Stadium for the 2008 season.  He will play the twilight of his
career in a $675 million, state of the art retractable roof stadium,
sure to become known as the house that Manning built.     

Jack Youngblood of the Los Angeles Rams
is most famous for playing the entire
1980 playoffs (including Super Bowl XIV) with a fractured
fibula. 
Youngblood and his teammates on the defensive line terrorized
Manning each season.  In fairness, it could also be argued that
Archie’s nemesis was any defensive end from any team of the 1970s.

The
press set up the Florida
Gators as Peyton’s nemesis, only to have the New England Patriots
far surpass Spurrier’s boys as the object of Manning’s ire.  The Pats had
all of the
necessary ingredients:  the Super Bowl Rings, the genius coach, the
pretty boy quarterback, and most importantly a legendary defense.

125 touchdowns   –  
173 interceptions

23,911
yards passing

67.1 career passer rating

275
touchdowns    –   139 interceptions

37,586 yards passing

94.4 career passer rating

Gumbo the St.
Bernard is the official mascot of the
Saints.  For years Gumbo was a real dog who roamed the
sidelines in Saints garb.  He was a gift from the Louisiana Restaurant Association.

Marvin Harrison
is an unassuming professional
who is challenging every NFL receiving record on the books. 
Manning and Harrison currently hold the NFL record for most
receiving touchdowns between a quarterback and wide receiver with
106.

Archie has
been a spokesman for many products over the years, most notably
AstroTurf in recent years.  And just to illustrate the dangers
of random googling check out this crazy racist’s

bizarre rant about Archie’s descent into
commercialism.

Eli Manning was roundly
criticized by the national media for asking the San Diego Chargers
not to select him with the first pick in the 2004 NFL Draft. 
Eli and his dad, Archie, were concerned because of the team’s prior
history of holdouts with their high picks, including LaDainian
Tomlinson.

In the end, Manning’s point was made for
him when the Chargers’ first-round player, Philip Rivers, had a
significant contract dispute with the Chargers’ front office.

The incident was settled out
of court by Tennessee before being dredged up again in 2000 after
the trainer accused Peyton of defaming her in the book “Manning: 
A Father, His Sons, and a Football Legacy.”

Archie Manning’s uniform number, 18, has become the official
speed limit of the Ole Miss campus in Oxford.

The Knoxville Zoo named a
newborn baby giraffe after
Peyton in 1996.

“Arch” or
“Golden Archie”