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SPORTS
Wednesday, Feb. 3,2010
• ALTUS TIMES
Manning biggest star by far on Super Bowl media day
quarterback
Steve
Peyton Mnning
of his father's favorite players the NCAA was listening.
was Hall of Fame quarterback
"I understand the signifi- add a little levity to the pro-
ago.
"The Saint were my team cance of Unitas," Manning ceedings.
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beat Minnesota in an overtime
thriller to earn their first trip
reporter broached the same
subject. Manning was more
revealing. He doesn't carry
around a rabbit's foot, but he
does have a routine he goes
through before every game.
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Manning didn't get any
offbeat questions, but that
didn't stop him from trying to
“No, I'm not supersti-
tious," he said. "I’m just a lit-
tle ‘stitious. OK, that's a bad
joke. Eli gave me that one. I
take it back."
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McNair(notes), who was slain
last summer by his mistress in
what was ruled a murder-sui-
cide. “There was no tougher
player in the NFL than Steve
McNair. I'm really proud to
have shared the MVP award
with him in 2003."
— The Colts will try to
establish their ground game
Sunday, even though they
ranked last in the NFL in
rushing yards during the regu-
lar season. "I don’t think you
can just drop back and pass on
every single play."
- He believes the league
is sincere in its efforts to deal
with concussions. “I appreci-
ate what the NFL is trying to
do. The game is about being
tough, but it’s about being
smart as well."
— The Florida quarterback
who’s getting mixed reviews
from NFL scouts will do bet-
ter in the pros than many are
expecting. “Any NFL team
would be lucky to have Tim
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MIAMI (AP)-Peyton ■
Manning worked the room s
masterfully. He took ques- s
tions from all directions, M
throwing in plenty of eye con- a
tact. He spoke glowingly I
when necessary, took a few ■
stabs at humor and steered 7
away from anything that p
might come across as contro- ′
versial.
Yes, the Indianapolis Colts L
quarterback handled Super F
Bowl media day with the
same aplomb he shows at the g
line of scrimmage. 1
Manning, a four-time I
MVP and clearly the biggest 9
star in South Florida, spoke ■
on a wide range of subjects I
Tuesday without revealing a
whole lot we didn't already D
know. He certainly didn’t pro- U
vide any bulletin-board fod- ■
der to Sunday’s opponent, the ■
New Orleans Saints. »
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Heck, that's his hometown, 1
the city where his father I
Archie played and still lives. 1
If the Colts weren’t trying to 1
win a title of their own, 1
Manning would’ve been the E
Saints' biggest fan. He was
Later, when
want to wish the best to coach
Dooley," referring to Kiffin’s
successor Derek Dooley.
On other subjects,
Manning said:
— He misses former NFL
dium, he reads the game pro- Tebow. 1 think about all the sion, Manning took just under
gram from front to back, problems we’ve had on third- 80 questions and was often
Then, exactly two hours and-l and fourth-and-l. He surrounded by up to 100
before kickoff, he goes out to was probably 100 percent in reporters, photographers and
the field to throw a few balls his college career at convert- cameramen -all crammed
with receiver Reggie ing those." into an area not much bigger
Wayne(notes). — It’s too early for him to than the hotel rooms most
Manning shied away from assess the impact of his fans are staying in this week.
any questions that might have career, even though he’s been Not surprisingly, putting
turned controversial. in the league for a dozen sea- that many people into such a
For instance, when asked sons and is one win away confined space can cause ten-
about Lane Kiffin bolting from joining the elite group of sions to rise. Police had to be
from Manning's alma mater, quarterbacks who led teams to called to settle a dispute
Tennessee, to take the coach- more than one Super Bowl between two media members
ing job at USC, the quarter- title. "When my career is who jostled for prime real
back replied, “I’m looking over, I’ll look back and estate even before Manning
forward when it comes to the reflect. But it’s so year-to- arrived. But everyone came to
situation in Knoxville. I just year right now.” an uneasy truce.
growing up," he said. "I was said. "I still feel that connec-
really excited for New tion to Colts history."
Orleans, watching them win Not |ong after being draft-
that game against the Vikings, ed by Indianapolis, Manning
It was exciting to see the met Saints quarterback Drew
French Quarter empty in the Brees(notes), who was then
third quarter and then be playing at right-down-the-
packed after the game. I had a road purdue.
lot of friends down there tell "He came to see a Colts
me what it was like." game," said Manning, who
Manning said he also then quickly pointed out that
appreciates the history of the Brees "paid for his ticket.
Colts, dating back to their Everything was on the up-
During his hour-long ses-__
Manning may become
highest paid QB
MIAMI (AP)-Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay hopes
to sign Peyton Manning to a contract extension when the sea-
son ends, a move that could make the four-time MVP the
highest-paid quarterback in NFL history.
Manning's contract is set to expire after the 2010 season,
but Irsay doesn't want to wait.
"With one year to go, even having the franchise tag and all
that sort of thing, we’d like to get something done, sooner
than later," Irsay said. “So once the season ends, we're going
to be talking about that and hopefully getting something done
before next season begins. It's something that’s going to get
done, so honestly, those aren't the ones you worry about.'
First order of business for Manning and the Colts: Trying
to beat New Orleans on Sunday for their second Super Bowl
title in four years.
A new deal could keep Manning in Indianapolis for the
rest of his career, something Irsay would like to do.
The 34-year-old Manning has won a record number of
MVPs. one Super Bowl MVP and is one of four quarterbacks
to throw for more than 50,000 yards. He is third all-time in
career TD passes with 366, trailing only Brett Favre(notes)
(497) and Dan Marino (420).
He has started 209 consecutive games including the play-
offs.
Manning signed a $98 million deal in 2004. His brother, j
Eli, has since signed a six-year, $97 million contract, giving 1
him a higher per-year average than his brother. Irsay said it’s |
likely Manning will regain the status he once held as the I
league’s highest-paid quarterback.
New Orleans filling up for Super Bowl
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Mardi Gras falls on a p.m. local time.
Sunday this year. Mary Beth Romig of the New Orleans
The city of the Saints is filling up with ex-New Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau says
Orleanians and others ahead of the Super Bowl, there's no question the Saints have created some-
many looking to cast off a legacy of football futili- thing special -.this time for the city ’s tourist trade,
ty and natural disaster—others just looking to party 'This is turning into a very big weekend for the
down in one of the world's greatest party towns, hotels in downtown New Orleans and the French
"We’re gearing up for Sunday just like Mardi Quarter," said Romig. "We did a survey and hotels
Gras day,” said Earl Bernhardt, a bar owner in the are running about 90 percent full late in the week.
French Quarter. "We’re staffing just like we do for and that jumps to 95 percent on Sunday. People are
Mardi Gras, and if the Saints win, we won’t close definitely coming to New Orleans for Super
at all. We'll stay open as long as people are stand- Bowl."
ing." Sorry, Colts fans, but it’s a different story up
After 43 years in existence, the Saints will make north.
their Super Bowl debut in Miami on Sunday, fac- Kimberly Harms, a spokeswoman for the
ing the favored Indianapolis Colts. Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association,
Fans from most cities would be headed to South said there was no noticeable jump in hotel occu-
Florida about now. But for ex-pat New Orleanians, pancy there for the weekend. She noted, however
the game is triggering a pilgrimage home. And for that one hotel had set aside 44 rooms at the special
everybody back in town, the party's already start- rate of $144 in honor of the 44th Super Bowl. If
ed. Indianapolis wins, she said, the rooms will be free
A few are taking the week off in the countdown for those staying in them.
to game day. Others are punching the clock, but not At New Orleans' Roosevelt Hotel, an upscale
getting much done. Saints jerseys. "Who Dat?" T- hotel where suites start at $259 a night and go up.
shirts and black and gold beads are the uniform marketing director Mark Wilson(notes) said they
everywhere you go. are seeing a "huge surge" of people who want to
The French Quarter's narrow streets also are celebrate the Super Bowl in New Orleans.
awash in the team colors. As revelers cruise down “Let's face it. not everybody can get a ticket to
its streets, strangers give each other high-fives the game," Wilson said. "And a lot of people seem
• “It’s been all Saints all the time,” said Steve to think being in New Orleans is a good alterna-
Sabrier. an oil field worker who marched from the tive."
Superdome to the French Quarter after the NFC The Roosevelt is about 80 percent booked,
championship. "1 pity anybody who needs some- which is 10 percent to 15 percent more than normal
thing done in New Orleans these days. We can't for a weekend with no convention in town, Wilson
concentrate on anything but the game." said. The big seller is the hotel suites, with much of
Sister Mary Rose, a Dominican nun who the business coming from Texas, Mississippi and
attends every Saints game and teaches at a Catholic Alabama.
school in the Quarter, said the feeling of sheer "People are booking the entertainment suites,
excitement in the city is almost tangible. "I think which are great for parties of 25. 35 people, he
‘exuberant joy’ is the word." the nun said. "And it said.
has brought such a unity to us, such a bond “Some are probably just people looking for a
between all the people here it's just amazing " party. But a lot are former residents, I think. People
Meanwhile, in Atlanta, New Orleans transplant in New Orleans have looked for this day a long
Belinda Hernandez vowed to be in Miami if the time and now they want to be here for it.’
Saints made the big game. Police will increase their coverage in the French
"But seeing the fever pitch in New Orleans and Quarter this weekend, adding approximately 600
knowing how we party. I changed my mind," officers, police spokesman Bob Young said. That s
’ Hernandez said, about the number the city would deploy if New
“Who wants to be on Miami Beach when they Orleans were hosting the game.
can be in the French Quarter with the Who Dats for Rick Watson, and his wife, Katherine, are
: the game?” among the natives coming back.
: : So Hernandez turned down some friends in Now residents of North Carolina, 35-year-old
South Florida, who offered to get her tickets. Watson said it took them a long time to believe the
Besides being Super Bowl weekend, this is the Saints had really made the big game, but not much
start of carnival season that ends Feb. 16 on the real time to decide where to watch it.
Mardi Gras. There are four parades scheduled in "When something big happens, you go home.
New Orleans on Saturday and two on Sunday- and this is big." Watson said. “Besides, when
but they re rolling early to avoid conflicting with would you rather be if the Saints win, the French
the game. Quarter or Miami? Even if they lose you want to be
All eyes on the game, starting Sunday at 5:25 in New Orleans.
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