His career was over before it even began. Because of the spinal stenosis, the wrong hit could have left Cooper paralyzed or even worse. He and Archie subsequently flew back to Ole Miss, where Cooper met with teammates, who offered their undying support. It was at that point in the film, describing the reaction of teammates, where over two decades' worth of emotion starts bubbling out. He speaks of how the support made Archie, his former NFL-playing quarterback of a father, "proud.
It was like, the locker room and the bus rides home. Hearing Cooper break down about the injury is particularly affecting, mainly because he's been so unabashedly supportive of his brothers and seemingly happy with his lot in life. He has, in many ways, the All-American life that so many dream of—wife, three kids, wealth beyond our wildest dreams.
Credit in that moment goes to Karpf, who did an outstanding job of touching on the Manning family dynamic through the minute documentary. ESPN's 30 for 30 Twitter feed was covering the film as it aired live, and they revealed that Archie and Olivia Manning both openly wept upon seeing their son get so emotional:.
We had talked for a long time during that interview session and he got to me a little bit. This was the one time I guess you got the full scoop. Of course, Cooper's diagnosis didn't just affect him. Peyton was always the quarterback, securing a starting position on the varsity team despite being an underclassman.
Cooper, however, broke the Manning mold; he was a ride receiver. It was not to be, however. Before he ever hit the college field, Cooper began experiencing numbness and a loss of control in his arms.
Consider a few moments from the 39—0 win over Cohen High. His demeanor was not of a novice but a veteran, walking slowly to the sideline and revealing his youth only when he slipped off his helmet—a bushel of curly brown hair and sparkling green eyes. In an era of attention-seeking recruits and spotlight-craving parents, the Manning camp has gone dark. Coaches interested in extending a scholarship have been politely told not to bother.
Except for a few benign comments, the usually accessible Mannings declined to speak about Arch for this story or to make him available. Certain people know how to raise thoroughbreds. The Mannings know how to raise athletes. Arch is unassuming and quiet, those close to him say. He wants to be as normal as possible, but—as the first freshman ever to start at quarterback for Newman—he is not. There is no tension between Adams and Arch. On road trips Arch rode the freshman bus; during pregame warmups he stood at the end of the stretch line with the other rookies, towering over the veteran players in front of him.
Older sister May plays volleyball and younger brother Heid is a center on the eighth-grade football team. Cooper signed with Ole Miss before having to retire from football because of spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the spine that also required multiple operations.
Aside from a stiff neck, Cooper, a real-estate executive, is fine today. He attends Newman games with his wife, Ellen, and his parents, who watch the oldest boy among their nine grandchildren. Peyton even returned to see the Greenies play last fall. Arch is now being recruited by every big-name college program under the sun, from reigning national champion Alabama to perennial powerhouse Clemson to Georgia, Notre Dame, LSU and Texas.
He and I played together one year in high school, it was a fun year. The show features college students competing in a trivia contest for college scholarship money in between the Manning brothers trading barbs with one another.
But he and I have always had a fun relationship. We kind of had an agreement early in our lives that I would help him be a little more serious and he would help me lighten up a little bit, so that's been a good partnership. Manning studied tape of the greats to prepare, just like he did when he was a superstar quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos.
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