NYTimes story on Archie & Olivia Manning

Well if she brought the maid a coke, she must be a saint.

I've read the Manning family story more than a few times. I remember Wright Thompson doing it particularly well when he was still at the Times-Picayune and Eli was still at Ole Miss.

I've heard more than a few horror stories about Archie, long before the Eli debacle in the 2004 draft, where he just looked like a complete and total asshole.

 

I keep having that vison in Caddy Shack where the Club House Attendant grinds down Judge Smalls shoe spikes as he cleans them.

 

I don't know if there is another college that worships a single player the way Ole Miss does Archie. It's embarrassing.

Florida has been getting close with its Tebow love, but he'll be pushed aside as soon as the Gators win another title.

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/drew-brees-has-an-unbreakable-spirit-020210

Tremendous story by Mark Kriegel on Drew Brees that has an Archie/ Olivia element.

 

I was a disappointed in the story myself.

Lots of "said in a telephone interview" quotes. I mean what's the point of slapping a New Orleans dateline on it and everything is phoned in?

So really, Thayer emphasized the maid because that's the one person he talked to in person.

And I'm making my book club read Charlie Pierce's "Idiot America."

Laying it on them tonight.