In 1987, after the New York Giants beat the Denver Broncos for Super Bowl XXI, Disney paid quarterback Phil Simms $75,000 to tell the on-field cameras five words: “I’m going to Disney World”, a phrase that has been repeated ad nauseam ever since.
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The Denver Broncos shocked the Carolina Panthers 24-10 as the Super Bowl closed out its first half-century on Sunday with an upset and a cliffhanger as Peyton Manning left everyone guessing about his future.
Asked if the win would be his last time in uniform, Manning said, “I don’t know the answer to that”.
Chris Harris’ postgame interview may have played a role in Cam Newton’s abrupt departure from his post-Super Bowl 50 press conference.
Neither Texas team made it to this year’s Super Bowl – no big shock there – but that didn’t keep Austin-area viewers from tuning in Sunday night.
Addressing the crowd at the end of the parade, Manning credited his teammates for allowing him to garner his second championship, the only quarterback to win that honor with two different franchises. More than $5 million came from television, the analytics firm said. He congratulated me, wished me the best. We dropped balls. We turned the ball over, gave up sacks, threw errant passes. “But I’ll say this with Peyton – I’ll just start off with him – the job he did this year to make his way back for our football team was the difference in us being a champion or not”. “Where we get a chance to sit down and talk to him, that’s up to Peyton, where he is in that process, what he thinks he can do, how he thinks he can play … what he wants to do from here on out”.
The loudest cheers were saved for Miller, who forced two fumbles by Panthers quarterback Cam Newton that led to two Denver touchdowns. I think right now, it’s about reflecting on what has been done this past year, and it has been special.
“He (Miller) has just gotten better and better”.
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Even without the Manning shout-out, Budweiser would have had a strong Super Bowl performance. “He was very nice to me, and I really appreciated that”, Manning said.
