Luck-Manning link goes way back

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  • ram29jackson
    Noob
    • Nov 2008
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    Luck-Manning link goes way back

    yes I know if you watched the game you saw them mention this and you don't care and its no big deal.

    What ever? its still interesting








    Flem File: The improbable story of how the fathers of QBs Andrew Luck and Peyton Manning were teammates three decades ago.

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    After he was selected in the second round of the 1982 NFL draft by the Houston Oilers, quarterback Oliver Luck rewarded himself with a sweet new ride. The Mazda RX-7 Luck chose was a sleek, silver coupe that had pop-up headlights, a powerful new-age rotary engine and, as Luck would have it, just one minor design flaw.

    That season, the hapless Oilers traded for veteran quarterback Archie Manning, which meant Luck's role on the team in the strike-shortened season of 1982 was reduced to little more than designated rookie gopher. And, as such, it often fell to Luck to drive out to the Houston airport each week to pick up the starting quarterback's kids -- two boys you might have heard of before, once or twice, named Cooper and Peyton.
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