re: Archie Manning the most over hyped player in SEC history

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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.

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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.