Peyton Manning staying after his junior year

#26
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It actually got a bit ridiculous even. I remember First Tennessee Bank putting up a billboard by I-40 that said, "Thank you, Peyton." A little much.

Um...that said, I did do my share of whoooooping.
 
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volroadwarrior said:
It is like the Nobel Peace Prize that usually goes to terrorists (Arafat), shysters (Al Gore) and incompetents (Jimmy Carter). I know I am a UT homer, but Woodson over Peyton was really a PC joke. I remember that gasbag Beano spouting off about Woodson's greatness and that Peyton had never beaten Florida. I don't believe Michigan was undefeated all during Woodson's career either, but I guess that doesn't matter because he played in the Big 10.
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That was the start to Beano's trip to total irrelevance. He should just fess up and admit he was being a stupid Big 10 homer.

Didn't Corso say that if Peyton was NOT picked, it would be the dumbest outcome in the history of the trophy or something to that effect?
 
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I was in a bar with all my frat bros expecting the worst after Shuler. When he announced he was coming back, the bartender gave us shots on the house. We drank that afternoon like we had won the national championship already.
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PennVol said:
I was in a bar with all my frat bros expecting the worst after Shuler. When he announced he was coming back, the bartender gave us shots on the house. We drank that afternoon like we had won the national championship already.
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That sounds familiar. It seemed certain that the Vols would run the table the following year (no thought about it happening the year after he graduated, but by the time he started his senior year, the Vols were relevant to any conversation about the NC).

I think PM had a lot to do with UT having the talent to win the NC in 1998. He helped the program to recruit and demonstrated the right work ethic to win.... not taking anything from Tee or Al who were outstanding team leaders.
 
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No way he stays. Would be dumb of him. Ryan Leaf will surpass him if he stays.
 
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I was at a restaurant on Murfreesboro Road eating with my roommates. When the announcement came.....the place got real, real quiet. Everyone was holding their breath, about to reach dispair because he was leaving.....what? what? Did he just say he was staying??? The whole joint erupted in cheers. People who didn't know each other were high fiving and all smiles. The owner came running from the kitchen area (?) with a bottle of Jack Daniels...jumps on the bar and yells, "Free shots of Jack for everyone in here!" We all did shots together and toasted Peyton Manning. Yeah, it was an ok day, lol.
 
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UTRavens said:
With the Andrew Luck announcement today, that made me wonder what the atmosphere was like around the time Manning's big decision came. How intense was the reaction from both Tennessee and Jets fans? What were people expecting him to do? What kind of record were people expecting if he left? (13-0, right?)
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Reaction from Jets fans? huh? NYJ has the first pick that year?
 
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utmba93 said:
That sounds familiar. It seemed certain that the Vols would run the table the following year (no thought about it happening the year after he graduated, but by the time he started his senior year, the Vols were relevant to any conversation about the NC).

I think PM had a lot to do with UT having the talent to win the NC in 1998. He helped the program to recruit and demonstrated the right work ethic to win.... not taking anything from Tee or Al who were outstanding team leaders.
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First time I've ever heard anyone besides me say this.:yes:
 
#35
#35
Andrew Luck will become a legend at Stanford as Peyton did at Tennessee. I respect him immensely now. Life is not all about money.
 
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Manning was returning to an undeniable national-title contender, and indeed a title was won, a year again later.

Not sure that's the case with Luck, regardless of what Harbaugh decides. The Card is losing three starting offensive linemen to graduation.
 
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I remember there was a lot of celebration when Manning said he'd come back for his senior year. The expectations were that UT would finally win the SEC, and contend for the national title, both of which we did, and that we would beat Florida and get our first Hypesman Trophy winner, which didn't happen.

Really, the only parallel I see between him and Luck is that both of them are/were highly-rated NFL prospects who put off their entry into the pros because they liked playing college football. Remember too that Manning would have been a top-five draft pick if he'd turned pro after his sophomore season, and a lot of people thought he should have done so. He simply didn't need the money and he liked playing college ball.
 
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Manning carried the 97 team to the SEC title. We had so many fumbles and dropped passes in that game and I think we had 4-5 turnovers but somehow someway Manning led us to that comeback win down 20-10 at halftime (and Marcus Nash outrunning defenses helped too). No way a team who turns the ball over as much as we did in that 97 season should have a chance to compete for a national championship but we would have if Michigan had lost earlier to Washington St in the Rose bowl.
 
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HARLEYMAN said:
Andrew Luck will become a legend at Stanford as Peyton did at Tennessee. I respect him immensely now. Life is not all about money.
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Good thing because he may have lost about 35-45 million with the rookie seal on salary in the NFL about to be enacted next year.:good!:
 
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jsc1973 said:
I remember there was a lot of celebration when Manning said he'd come back for his senior year. The expectations were that UT would finally win the SEC, and contend for the national title, both of which we did, and that we would beat Florida and get our first Hypesman Trophy winner, which didn't happen.

Really, the only parallel I see between him and Luck is that both of them are/were highly-rated NFL prospects who put off their entry into the pros because they liked playing college football. Remember too that Manning would have been a top-five draft pick if he'd turned pro after his sophomore season, and a lot of people thought he should have done so. He simply didn't need the money and he liked playing college ball.
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I don't know about the only parallel part. Luck will instantly become the front-runner for the Heisman, and will be back for a preseason top 5 football team. Both of those pretty much describe Peyton as well.
 
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I was in 4th grade when Manning came back for his senior year. My dad picked me and my sister up from school early that day to watch ha ha.
 
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UTRavens said:
With the Andrew Luck announcement today, that made me wonder what the atmosphere was like around the time Manning's big decision came. How intense was the reaction from both Tennessee and Jets fans? What were people expecting him to do? What kind of record were people expecting if he left? (13-0, right?)
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The general consensus was that he would return, but the NFL had a lot of money to throw at him so it was not 100% certain. The main reason most thought he would return is because his father was a former NFL player very knowledgeable of the game. And I can only think one QB that came out in only three years that has done well in the NFL.

As far as expectations. We knew we had a top 20 team, but I think eveyone was holding their expectations until after the game at FL. It was the same way in '98, we knew if we could get past FL we would probably be undefeated, but we never knew if we could beat them because Spurrier was so good.
 
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