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Archie Manning the most over hyped player in SEC history

Posted on 7/23/18 at 12:39 pm
Posted by BamaNatureBoy
Gulf Shores
Member since May 2017
1665 posts
Posted on 7/23/18 at 12:39 pm
Only Ole Miss would retire his Jersey and have the speed limit as his #18.

Best SEC finish was 4th.
His best game still lost to the worst Alabama team under Bryant.

Say he was at Alabama with his record he would have been Bryant's worst or 2nd worst qb.


This post was edited on 7/23/18 at 12:40 pm
Posted by Vecchio Cane
Ivory Tower
Member since Jul 2016
17900 posts
Posted on 7/23/18 at 12:46 pm to
ESPN used to love to show Archie up in the stands when Peyton and Eli were playing. He usually had those goofy, yellow radio/headphones on.

I offered my buddy $1000 to go knock those off of Archies head at the 2001 Egg Bowl. Not real proud of that and all I have to offer to this thread
Posted by TexasAg13
San Antonio de Béxar
Member since Jul 2013
5815 posts
Posted on 7/23/18 at 12:47 pm to
And yet still better than any player in State history.
Posted by Harry Rex Vonner
American southerner
Member since Nov 2013
35959 posts
Posted on 7/23/18 at 12:52 pm to
Posted by GnashRebel
Member since May 2015
8203 posts
Posted on 7/23/18 at 12:53 pm to
Shut your whore mouth
Posted by Uncle Gunnysack
Member since Apr 2016
5541 posts
Posted on 7/23/18 at 12:56 pm to
52% passer 31 TDs/40 interceptions

dude was JAG
Posted by skrayper
21-0 Asterisk Drive
Member since Nov 2012
31049 posts
Posted on 7/23/18 at 12:58 pm to
quote:

Only Ole Miss would retire his Jersey and have the speed limit as his #18.

Best SEC finish was 4th.
His best game still lost to the worst Alabama team under Bryant.

Say he was at Alabama with his record he would have been Bryant's worst or 2nd worst qb.


Dude, there's more to QB than just the W/L record, considering that you're only 1 of 22 players.

Archie was probably the most snakebit player to end up on teams well below his ability. The Saints he played on may have had the worst OLs in history - his rookie season he was sacked on over 18% of passing attempts.

The loss to Kentucky in 1969 is pretty unforgivable, but that was by 1 point, as was the loss to Alabama.

Manning led his team in rushing and passing and scoring. I doubt he could have done more to get his team to win.
Posted by momentoftruth87
Member since Oct 2013
72849 posts
Posted on 7/23/18 at 12:58 pm to
I'm not a fan of the Manning's. They've done great things, but I agree than some hype is too much.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
96659 posts
Posted on 7/23/18 at 12:59 pm to
Mississippi State would name their school after him if he played there

He won a Sugar Bowl
Posted by texag7
College Station
Member since Apr 2014
37665 posts
Posted on 7/23/18 at 1:08 pm to
he's famous because of his kids. shitty QB
Posted by AUCE05
Member since Dec 2009
42582 posts
Posted on 7/23/18 at 1:26 pm to
Wasn't Eli's best season 9 wins and a split division title?
Posted by msudawg1200
Central Mississippi
Member since Jun 2014
9471 posts
Posted on 7/23/18 at 1:35 pm to
Archie was athletic as piss. Those Ole Miss teams he played on weren’t the great teams of the 50’s and 60’s. In fact, it wasn’t long after Archie left( a year or so) that Ole Miss fell off the map as a national power and haven’t been close to returning. There is a reason he was on the front of SI, and so highly touted. Archie had a cannon also.
Posted by cajunbama
Metairie
Member since Jan 2007
30949 posts
Posted on 7/23/18 at 2:07 pm to
B-B-BoJackson.
Posted by yatesdog38
in your head rent free
Member since Sep 2013
12737 posts
Posted on 7/23/18 at 2:11 pm to
Jared Lorenzen > Archie Manning
Posted by Rohan Gravy
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2017
18039 posts
Posted on 7/23/18 at 2:40 pm to
Jeeeeezus....
Archie is a legend and should be.
What he did at Ole Miss and with the Saints, with the teams he played on is unreal.
Ask former coaches and players what they thought of him.

Too many young punks on this board that don’t know shite.

JMO
Thanks
Posted by I-59 Tiger
Vestavia Hills, AL
Member since Sep 2003
36703 posts
Posted on 7/23/18 at 3:20 pm to
anyone knocking Archie's Ole Miss tenure is crazy. They were as good as any team in the country at the end of the 1969 season and had he not broken his arm midway in his SR year he very well would have won the Heisman.

Don't get too wrapped up in his stats. Its odd you mention Bryant as Archie was 2-1 vs Coach Bryant,the one loss that epic 33-32 game. Coach Bryant would tell you you were nuts,too.

Archie was a great player and remains a class act and ambassador to the SEC and college football in general.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
120000 posts
Posted on 7/23/18 at 6:00 pm to
Only a Miss State fan would be this jealous of Archie Manning.
Posted by ThePTExperience1969
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Apr 2016
13360 posts
Posted on 7/23/18 at 6:55 pm to
quote:

Archie Manning the most over hyped player in SEC history
Only Ole Miss would retire his Jersey and have the speed limit as his #18.

Best SEC finish was 4th.
His best game still lost to the worst Alabama team under Bryant.

Say he was at Alabama with his record he would have been Bryant's worst or 2nd worst qb.


Dude was basically John Elway before John Elway coming out of Ole Miss, had all the tangibles and intangibles good leader for an otherwise sucky Ole Miss team surrounding him
Posted by reboil
Member since Feb 2010
495 posts
Posted on 7/23/18 at 7:35 pm to
He finished 4th in 69 and 3rd in 70 for the Heisman. If he doesn’t break his arm he easily wins it in 70. STFU you stupid neck.
Posted by stephendomalley
alexandria
Member since Dec 2005
5956 posts
Posted on 7/23/18 at 9:24 pm to
just stop it, please. i'm an lsu guy, and I know that Archie was a great qb.

has nothing to do with your school.
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