The Book of Manning: ESPN 30 for 30 special airs on 9/24

[Yehoodi]

Hi all . . . just saw an add for an ESPN 30 for 30 special on the Manning family . . . looks like it will be a great program . . . ESPN does a good job with some of these 30 for 30 programs . . .  It airs next Tuesday 9/24 at 8 pm, set your DVRs if you can't watch it live, it looks like a fun program . . .

 

here is a link to two of the trailers . . . enjoy the trailer and show . . .

 

http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/70172/video-sec-storied-the-book-of-manning-2

 

http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/69860/video-sec-storied-the-book-of-manning

[Nostrils]

love it, can't wait.

[Kenny]

Saw it earlier, cannot wait to see it.

[GoColts8818]

Heard its mostly about Archie but will talk about Peyton and Eli as well.

[bayone]

Hi all . . . just saw an add for an ESPN 30 for 30 special on the Manning family . . . looks like it will be a great program . . . ESPN does a good job with some of these 30 for 30 programs . . .  It airs next Tuesday 9/24 at 8 pm, set your DVRs if you can't watch it live, it looks like a fun program . . .

 

here is a link to two of the trailers . . . enjoy the trailer and show . . .

 

http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/70172/video-sec-storied-the-book-of-manning-2

 

http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/69860/video-sec-storied-the-book-of-manning

 

 

Thank you

[amfootball]

A friend of mine told me it shows the boys when they were little and how the older brother would get Peyton to cry a lot but they could never get Eli to cry.

[The Old Crow]

My favorite ESPN 30 for 30 was the Band that wouldn't die, although that one may be the least popular one in Indy.

[-JJ-]

Wikipedia excerpt on Archie.

 

Manning played for the Saints for ten full seasons.^[1] He was usually one of the few marquee players on a dreadful team. During his tenure in New Orleans, the Saints had nine losing seasons, and only managed to get to .500 once (1979). Nevertheless, he was well respected by NFL peers. For example, he was sacked 340 times during his Saints career. According to Sports Illustrated senior writer Paul Zimmerman, it should have been much more than that. However, Zimmerman wrote, opposing defensive linemen, "Jack Youngblood in particular," were known to take it easy on the poorly protected Manning and not hit him as hard.^[9][10]

For his part Manning seemed to appreciate Youngblood's kindness, telling the Los Angeles Times, on September 23, 1974, "The Rams front four is the best I ever faced . . . I've got to say that Youngblood was nice enough to pick me up every time he knocked my (butt) off." Today, Manning jokes that Youngblood's career would not have been as successful without him. He even suggested that Youngblood should have let him be his presenter when he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2001, saying, "He wouldn’t have gotten in without having me to sack.