Being a Tennessee Volunteer fan that bleeds orange, Manning is the biggest reason I'm a Colts fan (plus the fact that I was a Colts fan in the 60's and 70's watching my idol Johnny Unitus play). In 1969 (I think), Tennessee was ranked top 5 and had to travel to play Old Miss. There was the usual locker room fodder and talk involving both teams and a song about Archie's greatness. Tennessee went down there and had their rear ends handed to them by Mr. Manning, like 45-3. The game caused one All-American linebacker for Tennessee to become so upset at the loss that he went home and cut his jeep in half with a hacksaw ...ever heard of Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds? Archie Manning was a guy of class though and the respect was earned. And the apples didn't fall far from the tree. Manning got into a little trouble at Tennessee with his humorous antics. Like when he went around posting fliers around campus announcing "A Party ... bring cleats" so he could try to get more practice in than what was allowed. Or the time he mooned a teammate in the locker room but unfortunately a female coaches aid saw it and sued for a "tramatic experience to her well-being" ... yea right. Manning is a class act also and a pretty darned funny guy to boot, imo.
Like someone said earlier, 2 good quarterbacks, a big rivalry that has been good to the Pats so far ... should be a great game! Go Colts!!