Brady vs. Manning (Round 9) Winner Take All...
Peyton Manning and Tom Brady have faced each other 8 times. Sunday's game between the Patriots and Colts makes it #9 since Brady became the Pats quarterback in 2001. Here are the records of the quarterbacks in those 8 meetings:
Regular Season: Brady: 4 wins, Manning: 2...Playoffs: Brady: 2 wins, Manning: 0...Edge: Brady...
Overall Post Season Record: Brady: 12-1, Manning: 5-6...Edge: Brady...
Superbowl wins: Brady: 3, Manning 0...Edge: Brady...
This is not to suggest that Peyton's team can't beat Brady's team but they haven't been able to so far in the playoffs. Peyton gets the edge in statistics every year during the regular season. Peyton Manning is one of the great regular-season quarterbacks of all time. Brady is the best playoff quarterback of his era with his 12-1 record. The Indianapolis Colts are 3 point favorites because the game will be played in their dome. Now let's look at the coaches regular season and post-season records...
Regular Season: Dungy: 114-62, Belichick: 111-81...Edge: Dungy...Post-Season: Belichick 12-2, Dungy: 6-8...Edge: Belichick...
Super Bowl Wins: Belichick: 3-0, Dungy: 0...
Okay now throw all those records aside for Sunday's game because it will come down to this quote by Tom Brady: "The team that's most prepared and goes out and executes the best this weekend will be the team that moves on (to the Super Bowl) and represents the conference"...
Oh, there is another game by the way. In the early game, the surprising New Orleans Saints travel up to frigid Chicago to take on the Bears for the right to represent the other (NFC) conference...
Our video link for the weekend is posted in a timeline for Friday, January 19th which follows...
Timeline Memories...
"Happy Trails": 1998] The legendary Carl Perkins dies at 65 from complications caused by several strokes...2006] Wilson Pickett, 64, passed away after suffering a heart attack...
"Irish Wake the Bruins":: 1974] Notre Dame stops UCLA's remarkable 88-game winning streak 71-70. The Irish move up in the polls from 2 to 1, replacing the Bruins. It marks the 1st time UCLA wasn't #1 since the 1968 NCAA championship tournament...
"Coffee, tea or tissues boxes": 1937] Howard Hughes sets a transcontinental air record, flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds...
Cha-Ching: 1949] The President's salary is increased from $75,000 to $100,000 with an additional $50,000 expense allowance for each year...
"The Name Game": 1952] The NFL buys the New York Yankees, then awards the franchise to a group in Dallas. The Dallas Texans will move to Kansas City where they become the Chiefs (are you following all this?)...
"Splain it to me Lucy": 1953] A whopping 68% of all TV sets are tuned to "I Love Lucy" as Lucy Ricardo gives birth to a baby boy and here's a piece of that show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2Z6njr6_So&mode=related&search= ...
Who hit the mute button?: 1957] Ernie Kovacs does a half-hour TV show in Philadelphia without saying a single word...
Having a Ball: 1957] Pat Boone sings at Ike's presidential inauguration...1977] Charlie Daniels and Marshall Tucker play at Jimmy Carter's inauguration. Aretha Franklin sings "God, Bless America"...1981] Frank Sinatra, Donny & Marie Osmond and Dean Martin perform at Ronald Reagan's inauguration...1993] Fleetwood Mac reunites to perform "Don't Stop" at Bill Clinton's inauguration...
Meow: 1967] Lesley Gore appears on "Batman" as Pussycat, the Catwoman's sidekick...
Going to Hall: 1972] Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra and Early Wynn are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame...
"Free as a Bird": 1979] Former Attorney General John Mitchell is released on parole after serving 19 months in federal prison for Watergate-related crimes...
"Guilty as Charged": 2000] Robert F. Kennedy nephew Michael Skakel surrenders to Greenwich (CT) police to face charges in the 1975 death of Martha Moxley. He is later convicted of the crime and is serving time in prison...
"Schaefer is the one beer to have": 2002] The Patriots win their last game at Schaefer Stadium, defeating Oakland in overtime 16-13 in an AFC Divisional Playoff game in a snowstorm. The game features the infamous "tuck rule" used to protect Tom Brady and an Adam Vinatieri field goal to win...
"Strange Bedfellows": 2004] John Kerry wins Iowa's Democratic presidential caucus and Howard Dean who finishes 3rd delivers his famous fist-pumping, over the top speech that will bury him as a serious candidate...
[To ensure accuracy of dates and content, multiple reference sources are used in each timeline]...
Commentary...
"Happy Trails" to columnist and author Art Buchwald who died yesterday at 81. Buchwald had refused kidney dialysis treatment for his failing kidneys one year ago and was expected to die soon after but his strong will and sense of humor kept him alive until yesterday. Buchwald said of his pending death, "I'm having a swell time. The best time of my life". The Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author, born in Mount Vernon (NY) had a summer home on Martha's Vineyard and will be buried there. R.I.P. Art Buchwald...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Katey Sagal (53), Desi Arnaz Jr. (54), America's Dewey Bunnell (55), Dolly Parton (61), Shelley Fabares (63), Michael Crawford (65), Phil Everly (68), Robert MacNeil (76), Tippi Hedren (76), Fritz Weaver (81) and Jean Stapleton (84)...
Saturday, January 20, 2007...
Timeline Memories...
"Happy Trails": 1965] Fans mourn the death of Alan Freed who passed away from uremic poisoning at 43...1993] Audrey Hepburn dies from abdominal cancer at 63...2003] Caricaturist Al Hirschfeld dies in his sleep at 99...
Rock and Roll: 1885] The roller coaster is patented by L.A. Thompson...
Jump it Up: 1892] The 1st official basketball game is played at a YMCA court in Springfield (MA). The game was played using peach baskets with 9 players on each side. The game was invented by Dr. James Naismith, a phys-ed teacher at Springfield College...1968] In one of college basketball's classic match ups, Elvin Hayes and Lew Alcindor face off as #2 ranked Houston beats #1 UCLA 71-69. Hayes scores 39 for the winning Cougars...
Recorded on this date: 1965] The Byrds record Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man"...1967] Arthur Conley records "Sweet Soul Music"...1969] Elvis Presley records "In The Ghetto" and "Suspicious Minds" in Memphis (the 1st time in 13 years Elvis recorded in Memphis)...
Released on this date: 1958] "Get A Job" - Silhouettes...1964] "Meet The Beatles" LP - Beatles...
#1 on this date: 1977] "I Wish" - Stevie Wonder...1987] "At This Moment" (featured on "Family Ties") - Billy Vera & the Beaters...
"Sworn In": 1961] John F. Kennedy...1989] George H.W. Bush (#41)...1993] Bill Clinton and 2001] George W. Bush (#43)...
"D-I-V-O-R-C-E": 1961] Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller (they were married in June of 1956)...
"Free at Last": 1981] Iran releases 52 American hostages held for 444 days. This happened minutes after Ronald Reagan is sworn in...
Kidnapped: 1987] Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite disappears in Beirut while attempting to negotiate the release of western hostages (he will be released in 1991)...
Soopuh: 1985] The 49ers beat Miami 38-16 in Super Bowl XIX. For the first time TV commercials sell for a million a minute....
Going to Hall: 1988] Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The Beach Boys, Beatles, Drifters, Bob Dylan and The Supremes...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Melissa Rivers (39), James ("Desperate Housewives") Denton (44), Lorenzo Lamas (49), Bill Maher (51), Paul Stanley (57), Buzz Aldrin (77), Arte Johnson (78), Patricia Neal (81) and Slim Whitman (83)...
Sunday, January 21, 2007...
Timeline Memories...
"Happy Trails": 1984] Jackie Wilson dies at 49 after being in a coma for 8 years (he suffered a heart attack on stage, Sept. 25, 1975 while singing "Lonely Teardrops")...1998] Jack Lord of "Hawaii Five-O" dies of congestive heart failure in Honolulu at 77...
Recorded on this date: 1957] "School Day" - Chuck Berry...
Released on this date: 1789] The 1st American novel is published. William H. Brown's "The Power of Sympathy", an account of the seduction and suicide of a young woman...
Debuted on this date: 1946] "The Fat Man" debuts on ABC Radio and will run for 4 years. Although it would become a film, this detective series never makes it on TV...1957] Patsy Cline appears on Arthur Godfrey's nighttime TV show singing "Walking After Midnight"...
The Holy Cross Comet: 1954] Celtic's great Bob Cousy steals the show in one of the most exciting NBA All-Star games in history scoring 10 of the East team's 14 points in overtime and then icing the game with his dribbling in a 98-93 victory...
Champagne Shower: 1954] The Nautilus is launched in Groton (CT). The 1st atomic powered submarine is christened by first lady Mamie Eisenhower...
Gunned Down: 1959] Carl Switzer a.k.a. Alfalfa from "Our Gang" is shot fatally in Northern California over a $50 debt owed him. The murder is ruled "justifiable homicide". Alfalfa was just 31...
Wedding Bells: 1966] George Harrison and Patty Boyd rock down the aisle. The couple will divorce in 1977 when Patty takes Eric Clapton as her next husband...
"I beg your pardon": 1977] Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders...
Soopuh: 1979] Terry Bradshaw's 4 touchdown passes leads Pittsburgh to its 3rd Super Bowl win, a 35-31 victory over Dallas in Super Bowl XII...
Going to Hall: 1987] Aretha Franklin gets into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
"Unplugged": 1990] The Squeeze become the first MTV act on "MTV Unplugged"...
Captured: 1991] CBS correspondent Bob Simon is captured by Iraqis in the Persian Gulf. He's imprisoned for 40 days before being released...
"Drop the Knife": 1994] A jury in Manassas (VA) acquits Lorena Bobbitt (by reason of insanity) for her "slice and dice" job on husband John's private parts...
"So sue me": 2004] The recording industry sues 532 computer users it said were illegally distributing songs over the Internet...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Geena Davis (51), Robbie Benson (51), Billy Ocean (57), Jill Eikenberry (60), Mac Davis (65), Placido Domingo (66), Richie Havens (66) and Jack Nicklaus (67)...
Timeline Countdown: 14 days until Super Bowl XLI and 25 days until 'pitchers & catchers' as of January 21, 2007...
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