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Peyton Manning

Posted: February 7th, 2007, 11:41 pm
by Schfourteenteen
Maybe this has already posted or its on the wrong thred but i think its ridiculous.....(stupid people)

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2757758
Bears fan follows through on vow, changing name
Associated Press


DECATUR, Ill. -- How do you spell Scott Wiese?

In a few weeks, that'd be P-e-y-t-o-n M-a-n-n-i-n-g.

Wiese, a die-hard fan of the Chicago Bears, signed a pledge in front of a crowd at a Decatur bar last Friday night that if the Bears lost Sunday's Super Bowl, he'd change his name to that of the man who led the Indianapolis Colts to victory.

Final score: Colts 29, Bears 17.

So Tuesday, Wiese went to the Macon County Courts Facility and started the process of changing his name.

"I made the bet, and now I've got to keep it," the 26-year-old Wiese said.

Wiese will have to advertise his intention in the local newspaper -- the Herald & Review -- for several weeks and then have a judge give him the OK to become, legally anyway, Peyton Manning.

The men have little in common, Wiese acknowledges.

Manning is 30 years old, stands 6-foot-5 and has a contract with the Colts worth more than $100 million.

Wiese is 5-foot-11 and works at an office-supply store for somewhat less.

"I think I kind of represent all Bears fans," he said. "Not that I'm saying they're all idiots like me, but I represent their passion because I really care about my team, you know?"

Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press

Posted: February 8th, 2007, 12:36 am
by qkslvrsrfrboy
as a citizen of chicago, i would like to clarify that not all chicagoans are retards, and that decatur is more in the hick part of illinois.

Posted: February 8th, 2007, 10:38 am
by TDDance234
Dumbest. Bet. Ever.

Posted: February 8th, 2007, 11:38 am
by JDUB
thats just stupid. he had to be drunk or something when he said that. no way a sober person would do anything that dumb

Posted: February 8th, 2007, 3:55 pm
by jmdickens
Wiese was just on the news.....he said that alcohol had nothing to do with the bet....He said he is just an outgoing person

Posted: February 8th, 2007, 4:52 pm
by JDUB
he is just a complete moron