Posted on 02/02/2014 7:53:54 AM PST by doug from upland
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Drive For History
Delivering in the clutch is how stars become legends. So, who will be immortalized in Super Bowl XLVIII? Garber » A potential classic » Double Coverage » SB momentsPhoto Gallery Picks » Matchups » SB HQ »
I saw that clip a couple days ago about blood sugar and instant energy. But afterwards, there is a letdown. Maybe it would not last through an overtime.
Outside of his annual Super Bowl interview, this year with Bill O’Reilly, I hope he keeps himself off the tube today. Though, I have a sneaking suspicion he’s going to feel the need to insert himself in the glory and happiness of the day (for the winning team) and do something. Wish he would just send a brief congratulatory note that someone else would read, I really don’t care to see his mug or Michelle’s on TV or listen to him and/or her.
The game will come down to the last play.
I met Peyton once . He gave me a $5 tip , all in ones .
I wrote his name on every bill . Later I handed out those bills to U.S. Marines , explaining who gave them to me . I also told them it was NOT his signature , but my notation . They loved it . Made um happy .
The GREAT Tri-Cities, Washington.
Don’t know when you left Denver, but do you remember 1977, Denver’s 1st Super Bowl? Running back Jon Keyworth recorded “Make Those Miracles Happen.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txE1Vl54Z9E
I was much younger then, and played that song incessantly. Was so up for the game, I could barely sleep. The anticipation was almost too much. Now, I am just looking forward to some great football.
Super Bowl always comes down to the last play or darn near. Has been happening for several years now.
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If its as windy there as it is here right now, both teams have a shot at it,
Here’s a Pikes Market fish toss deep, a Rocky Mountain oyster platter and a few brews later, then we will finally see if the birds fly high over the broncos. I’m a long suffering Vike fan, You need to seize the opportunity, you may never get another. Heck, the Vikes have been a WR farm club lately for Seattle.
Here’s to a cleanly called game.No controversy. Right!
I left Denver after ‘77 and so remember that song - - I played it all the time as well. It’s a great song.
The defense that year was the Orange Crush - right?
I really don’t know. I figure I’ll root for the Broncos rather than the Seahawks. If for nothing else, lefties don’t like rodeo and greenies probably have seahawks on some endangered species list somewhere.
That, and CO voters recently sent some leftist gun grabbers packing.
Yes they have been! Burleson and now Harvin. I’m glad no one is paying attention to Percy...
Thank-you Payton for your witnessing, God Bless, Godspeed for sucess in today’s Super Bowl.
Denver 36, Seattle 24.
He’s gonna go out in flames alright. :D
I’ll bring you some hot dog skewers.
Go Seahawks!
(just a bit of pre game crowing; I may eat my words later)
WOW. You’re anticipating a high scoring game!
My eldest son is doing a big Christian event with Peyton Manning that starts either Wednesday or Thursday somewhere in San Diego County. I can’t remember the details. I think it runs 2 or 3 days.
Well, the colder will be a help for Denver, being that the city is close to the Rockies mountains. Seattle is an ocean city, used to balmy temps. The cold could hurt Seattle.
From espn.go.com - the player other players respect the MOST is.... (Sherman? NO! Wilson? No!.....)The player other players named as one they would want to start with...
Manning!
As part of ESPN’s NFL Nation Confidential survey of more than 320 players, the questions were asked, “If you had to start a team with one player, whom would it be?” and “Which player do you respect the most?”
And Manning was the top choice for both.
Manning was the leading vote-getter as first pick to start a team, with 62 votes (19 percent). Andrew Luck, who replaced Manning in Indianapolis, received 56 votes, and Tom Brady was third with 41 votes.
Eighty-six players (27 percent) chose Manning as the player they most respect. Brady and Vikings running back Adrian Peterson tied for second with 24 votes each.
“I don’t know about all of the votes, or how it was done, but I certainly appreciate those players ... feeling that way,” Manning said. “I think team success is the No. 1 thing, and that’s about the time you put in, the work you put in as a team to reach goals, to execute, to put yourselves in position. I guess I’ve always felt like individual things are nice and you’re thankful, but the success of your team, that’s what is at the heart of everything.”
Manning’s teammates certainly agreed with the vote totals.
“When you play this game, you want to win, you want to be around people who want to win, who do things the right way, who are serious about how they do things, how they approach the game,” veteran cornerback Champ Bailey said. “A guy like Peyton, you watch how he does things, how he works, even now when he works like a guy just trying to make it, not a guy who’s done what he has, you always have hope. And that’s rare.”
Coach John Fox said that the way a player as accomplished as Manning conducts himself and prepares affects far more than just his teammates.
“And that’s everybody in the building: players, coaches, everybody,” Fox said. “You see how he handles himself, the work he puts into it. Everyone respects that.”
Apprised of the results of the survey, Manning was slightly uncomfortable in discussing what it may mean. He is in his 16th season — or as he puts it, “a lot closer to the back end of my career than to the front end” — and he said he appreciates how his teammates, coaches and peers hold him in such high regard.
“I know there’s a lot of players I respect on other teams, the way they compete, the way that you hear about how they prepare, the way they practice,” he said. “For those particular players that feel that, I am appreciative of that compliment.
“It’s always nice when you are paid respect by your opponents, the guys you play against. I know as a young player in the NFL, I remember some of my goals were to establish the respect of my coaches, my own teammates and then my opponents.
“Football is a game where mutual respect between opponents is what all players strive for. It makes the game better.”
Manning’s peers point to his postgame handshake with Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis after the Broncos’ double-overtime loss last January that knocked Denver out of the playoffs. Manning waited long after most players from both teams had exited the stadium to quietly meet with Lewis in the visitors locker room.
*****would love to see a similar story about DICK Sherman***
Dick Sherman is THE reason I am not pulling for Seattle. Watched enough youtubes of him taunting and badmouthing other players ....
That’s my decision. We’re all entitled.
I don’t think there is any such bird as a seahawk.
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