Six Degrees of SUPERation…
It has been said there is always a Tennessee connection, always a Nashville connection. I’ve seen enough over the years that I’ve become a believer, as ridiculous as it sounds. Today’s Super Bowl XLII between the NFL’s New England Patriots and New York Giants will play out in the Phoenix, AZ, area. The winner of the game will have bragging rights for a year until the 43rd Superbowl is played. These teams and this contest for world dominance are far from Nashville. Or are they?
BILL BELICHICK — The bellicose coach of the Patriots, widely despised outside the Boston area and Pats fan base, was born in Nashville where his father was an assistant coach at Vanderbilt University. We are not bragging. We are not proud of this. Just reporting the facts, maam…
DONTE STALLWORTH, KELLEY WASHINGTON, and RASHAD MOORE — Patriot players that played their college ball at The University of Tennessee. We are proud of that! Go Vols!
GIBRIL WILSON — Giants safety played for The University of Tennessee. We are still proud! Go Vols!
ELI MANNING — Quarterback and field general for the Giants, is of course, the younger brother of Peyton Manning, QB of the Indianapolis Colts, who won the Super Bowl last year. And Peyton was the star QB at The University of Tennessee. Go Vols! I’m getting hoarse…
TOM BRADY — The Patriots quarterback admits he has heard of Tennessee, and denies he popped a young thing or three in Nashville his last trip here to play the Tennessee Titans.
STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI — Patriots kicker played football and baseball at the U. of Memphis.
DAVID MERRITT — Giants secondary coach was an assistant at UT Chattanooga in 1997.
JERRY REESE — Originally from Tiptonville, TN, he is now Giants GM. He played ball at UT Martin (where I started college) and was later an assistant coach from 1988 - 1993.
ARCHIE MANNING — Father of Giants QB Eli, was one of Roomie’s classmates in Drew, MS, from 4th through 8th grade. She kinda liked the cute little red-headed boy, but he always said that he didn’t like no girls. Seems this connection should count since Roomie has been a resident of Tennessee for about 20 years, and Archie’s son Peyton, the smartest of the three boys, chose to be a Tennessee Vol rather than an Ole Miss Rebel.
[Bump of the helmet to Jim Wyatt for his sidebar about Tennessee Connections in The Tennessean, Friday, February 1, 2008.]
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What’s that sound I hear? It’s oh-so-familiar . . . oh yes: the sound that emanates from a barrel’s bottom being scraped on a couple of those. (See, I know it well because I’ve scraped a few barrel bottoms myself.)
Now, sir: link up Kevin Bacon to all these for extra credit.
(This was fun to read. I’ll be thinking about it while eating guacamole this evening.)
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I’ll be watching every moment as my Patriots go for a perfect season. And that is a little tough since the Giants are the NFC team I generally root for…except for when they play the Patriots.
And to add to your connections, I’ve driven through Tennessee a couple of times.
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Everybody’s got to be from somewhere.
You claim them if you want, Winston.
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I was born and raised in Tennessee, attended the Alabama-Ole Miss game in 1969 where Mississippi QB Archie Manning was defeated by the Crimson Tide (boo-hoo, Archie), and I now live in New York City. Where Kevin Bacon lives. Beat that.
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How about that Tennessee connection?
Giants win.
Also, Peyton’s wife is from Memphis, which is where he got married a few years ago. As in, Tennessee (for those who forget Memphis is in Tennessee).
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