Archie Manning stepping down from Playoff committee

Gibson09 · Oct 20, 2014

http://espn.go.com/college-football...ning-steps-college-football-playoff-committee

Because of health reasons, Archie Manning is stepping down from the College Football Playoff Committee that will determine the four finalists for the 2014 national championship, a source said.
An announcement will be made Monday around 9 a.m. ET.

Hope he gets everything taking care of. But it sucks that one of the true voices for the SEC is stepping down.

Tideflyer · Oct 20, 2014

Gibson09 said:
http://espn.go.com/college-football...ning-steps-college-football-playoff-committee

Because of health reasons, Archie Manning is stepping down from the College Football Playoff Committee that will determine the four finalists for the 2014 national championship, a source said.
An announcement will be made Monday around 9 a.m. ET.

Hope he gets everything taking care of. But it sucks that one of the true voices for the SEC is stepping down.

Kind of hate to hear that. Archie`s a class act, not to mention the fact that he knows a helluva lot about football.

Chukker Veteran · Oct 20, 2014

If I were on the committee it would make me sick too.

JBama_in_PCOLA · Oct 20, 2014

Are we sure it is health reasons?

Bama-94-00 · Oct 20, 2014

Having trouble with the knee replacement seem reasonable, and unfortunate. Hopefully he'll be back next year.

BamaHoosier · Oct 20, 2014

He was really the only member of the committee that I liked being there. Hopefully he can recover and can be back on the committee for future years.

bradley30 · Oct 20, 2014

JBama_in_PCOLA said:
Are we sure it is health reasons?

^^^This^^^

Hopefully it is not about his health and wants to avoid a conflict of interest. May not be the last to step down either.

Drewy26 · Oct 20, 2014

They should replace him with another SEC elder statesman... PHIL FULMER.

nickel42 · Oct 20, 2014

Wish him the best, hope he recovers quickly. The more time that passes, the less I like this committee...

hacksaw830 · Oct 20, 2014

Hate that, Archie is top notch, get well soon Archie.

UAME · Oct 20, 2014

I personally can't imagine that serving on the committee is any more physically demanding than, say, attending Ole Miss / NFL football games (which, I'm fairly certain, I've seen Archie doing during the last week or two.)

More likely, Archie never considered the possibility that Ole Miss would be in contention for one of those 4 slots. He probably foresees the most likely scenario: Ole Miss will be one of mulitiple 1-loss teams that are worthy of consideration for the playoff. I think Archie a) suspects he can't be impartial due to his love for Ole Miss or b) (more likely) knows that his presence on the board would bring undeserved criticism to Ole Miss, himself, or the committee in general. It would be a Lose/Lose, regardless if OM was included or excluded.

Either way, it is a graceful exit by a class act. All the more reason to respect him.

RTR91 · Oct 20, 2014

UAME said:
I personally can't imagine that serving on the committee is any more physically demanding than, say, attending Ole Miss / NFL football games (which, I'm fairly certain, I've seen Archie doing during the last week or two.)

More likely, Archie never considered the possibility that Ole Miss would be in contention for one of those 4 slots. He probably foresees the most likely scenario: Ole Miss will be one of mulitiple 1-loss teams that are worthy of consideration for the playoff. I think Archie a) suspects he can't be impartial due to his love for Ole Miss or b) (more likely) knows that his presence on the board would bring undeserved criticism to Ole Miss, himself, or the committee in general. It would be a Lose/Lose, regardless if OM was included or excluded.

Either way, it is a graceful exit by a class act. All the more reason to respect him.

He hasn't had his knee surgery, yet. His travel will be limited then.

Gibson09 · Oct 20, 2014

Looks like they are going to just have 12 members on the committee for the year. No replacement planned.

derek4tide · Oct 20, 2014

They should replace him with either Coach Stallings or Coach Schnellenberger.

rolltide_21 · Oct 20, 2014

JBama_in_PCOLA said:
Are we sure it is health reasons?

Yes, I saw him speak at a benefit in August in Florence, AL. He could barely get up and down off the state. He did a good job with the presentation but I told my wife he didn't look good. He said that night he was having trouble with his knee replacement.

PacadermaTideUs · Oct 20, 2014

derek4tide said:
They should replace him with either Coach Stallings or Coach Schnellenberger.

I'm thinking Cecil Hurt.

CullmanTide · Oct 20, 2014

I'd like to see them all resign.

gtowntide · Oct 20, 2014

UAME said:
I personally can't imagine that serving on the committee is any more physically demanding than, say, attending Ole Miss / NFL football games (which, I'm fairly certain, I've seen Archie doing during the last week or two.)

More likely, Archie never considered the possibility that Ole Miss would be in contention for one of those 4 slots. He probably foresees the most likely scenario: Ole Miss will be one of mulitiple 1-loss teams that are worthy of consideration for the playoff. I think Archie a) suspects he can't be impartial due to his love for Ole Miss or b) (more likely) knows that his presence on the board would bring undeserved criticism to Ole Miss, himself, or the committee in general. It would be a Lose/Lose, regardless if OM was included or excluded.

Either way, it is a graceful exit by a class act. All the more reason to respect him.

I agree he probably is so stoked that OM is in the position to win it all, that he recognizes he couldn't be partial. I'm not saying he doesn't have health problems, but I think he's using it as a opportunity to bow out.
I appreciate his move if this is the reason.

JBama_in_PCOLA · Oct 20, 2014

rolltide_21 said:
Yes, I saw him speak at a benefit in August in Florence, AL. He could barely get up and down off the state. He did a good job with the presentation but I told my wife he didn't look good. He said that night he was having trouble with his knee replacement.

Old age scares me s little.

B1GTide · Oct 20, 2014

JBama_in_PCOLA said:
Old age scares me s little.

Just hope you are lucky enough to live to a ripe old age, then worry about it. :wink:

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