I still remember the celebrating when Manning committed to the Vols! Geez, that was in the infancy of the WWW - I think I followed it on Gridscape.....pretty sure that was before the ol' Vols Board, but I might be wrong.
It would be interesting to see what would have happened to Peyton's NFL career if he came out 1 year early. Would he have gone first pick? to the St Louis Rams??? I think his career would have been much different.
I agree. I think he made the right decision to stay, not only for the Vols, but for how his career turned out. Another year of seasoning helped him, and I'm glad he won a championship in the SEC. He often gets flack for "not winning a championship" in college, but the SEC is not an "everyone gets a trophy" trophy by any means.