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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2012

By: Senator(s) Watson, Tollison, Hopson, To: Rules Chassaniol, Stone, McDaniel, Ward, Burton, Hill, Browning, Butler (38th), Carmichael, Clarke, Frazier, Jackson (15th), Jackson (32nd), Jolly, Kirby, Lee, Longwitz, Massey, Montgomery, Moran, Simmons (13th), Wilemon

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 558

1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SALUTING FORMER UNIVERSITY OF 2 MISSISSIPPI REBEL ELISHA (ELI) MANNING FOR WINNING THE 3 XLVI CHAMPIONSHIP AND EARNING MOST VALUABLE PLAYER 4 HONORS.

5 ELI 6 NEW ENGLAND 7 GIANTS SUPER BOWL XLVI PATRIOTS 8 21 17 9 WHEREAS, is "The Man" in the NFL after beating 10 and leading the to a 21-17 victory over 11 the on February 5, 2012, in Super Bowl XLVI 12 played in the house his older brother Peyton built, 13 Stadium in , ; and 14 WHEREAS, just as the former Ole Miss star did four years ago 15 when the Giants ruined New England's , he guided 16 them 88 yards to the decisive , in a decisive 4th quarter

17 comeback. With New York's 21-17 conquest of New England in Super 18 Bowl XLVI, Manning has now beaten Brady three consecutive times in

19 the past five seasons, leading extremely late fourth-quarter 20 game-winning touchdown drives on each occasion. Twice those 21 victories made Manning's Giants the kings of the football world; 22 and 23 WHEREAS, it is a select and "ELITE" club Most Valuable Player 24 Eli Manning joined in Super Bowl XLVI, as with

25 multiple Super Bowl wins have a cache all their own in NFL 26 history. This victory put him on the road to the Pro Football

S. C. R. No. 558 *SS02/R836* N1/2 12/SS02/R836 PAGE 1 27 Hall of Fame. Seven of the 11 members of the Two-Ring-Or-More 28 Club are already in the Hall of Fame, those being Montana, 29 Bradshaw, Starr, Griese, Aikman, Elway and Staubach, and that is 30 the threshold that Manning just cleared with what could be his 31 defining victory; and 32 WHEREAS, Eli Manning won his second Super Bowl MVP Award. He

33 opened the game by becoming the first quarterback to complete his 34 first nine attempts in a Super Bowl, and he finished the job by 35 directing the nine-play, 88-yard touchdown drive that put New York 36 ahead with 57 seconds left. He completed 30 of 40 passes for 296 37 yards. In two fourth-quarters of two Super Bowls, against Bill 38 Belichick defenses, he has completed 19 of 27 passes for 270 yards 39 and 14 first downs. He threw for 1,219 yards, nine and 40 just one in four playoff victories in the 2011-2012

41 season. He threw 98 passes in the National Football Conference 42 Championship and the Super Bowl without a single interception, and 43 Eli is always - always - the first to deflect credit for victory 44 to his teammates; and 45 WHEREAS, "Eli is the best quarterback in the National 46 Football League, hands ," said Giants Brandon 47 Jacobs, flushed with victory after New York's thrilling win over a 48 New England team that won four more games than the Giants did in

49 the regular season. The highlight of Manning's game was once 50 again a long-bomb on a fourth-quarter pass that he completed to a 51 reserve Giants receiver, sparking New York's game-winning 52 touchdown drive. Playing the role of this time was 53 , who hauled in Manning's picture-perfect 38-yard 54 strike on the first snap of New York's nine-play, 88-yard drive. 55 It was a great catch and even a better throw, and in one fell 56 swoop seemed to signal that the Giants would not be stopped 57 against a Patriots team that once again was favored to beat them

58 on the game's grandest stage; and

S. C. R. No. 558 *SS02/R836* 12/SS02/R836 PAGE 2 59 WHEREAS, following his senior season, Eli was named 60 "Offensive Player of the Game" of the 2004 SBC 61 Classic. He also earned First Team All-American honors as well as 62 being named to First Team All-SEC. Eli was the No. 1 overall 63 selection in the 2004 draft, the highest 64 selection ever for any Ole Miss player. Led by Eli Manning's

65 heroics, the 2007 Giants became the first NFC wild-card team to 66 win a Super Bowl; and 67 WHEREAS, Ole Miss football has a tradition of sending players 68 to the New York Giants, highlighted by the career of legendary Ole 69 Miss and Giant Quarterback Charlie Connerly, and now by legendary 70 Ole Miss and Giant Quarterback Eli Manning; and 71 WHEREAS, the son of former Ole Miss famed quarterback, Archie 72 Manning, and brother of the quarterback, Peyton

73 Manning, Eli has continued the long-standing family tradition of 74 athletic excellence; and 75 WHEREAS, Eli Manning and his wife, Abby, have supported many 76 worthy causes and have made a strong commitment to the health and 77 education of young people in Mississippi. They've made a pledge 78 to raise $2.5 Million for the Eli Manning Children's Clinics at 79 the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children in Jackson, Mississippi, 80 and they've also donated $1 Million to start the Ole Miss

81 Opportunity Scholarship Program, which helps children in 82 Mississippi with special financial needs to have the opportunity 83 to attend college. Manning has served as a member of President 84 Bush's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and is active with 85 many other organizations such as the March of Dimes and the 86 American Red Cross. His commitment to volunteerism and national 87 service is very impressive and worthy of high praise; and 88 WHEREAS, it is with great pride that we recognize the 89 outstanding talents and landmark accomplishment in the National

90 Football League by a remarkable athlete, whose skills and 91 execution before a national television audience has brought great S. C. R. No. 558 *SS02/R836* 12/SS02/R836 PAGE 3 92 honor and pride to his family, his university and to the State of 93 Mississippi. You really can't spell elite without the letters 94 E-L-I: 95 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF 96 MISSISSIPPI, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN, That 97 we do hereby commend and congratulate former University of

98 Mississippi "Rebel" Quarterback Elisha (Eli) Manning for winning 99 the Super Bowl XLVI Championship on Sunday, February 5, 2012, and 100 for earning Most Valuable Player honors, and extend our heartiest 101 wishes for continued success in his future professional sports 102 endeavors. 103 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this resolution be presented to 104 Eli Manning and his wife, Abby, forwarded to the University of 105 Mississippi and be made available to the members of the Capitol

106 Press Corps.

S. C. R. No. 558 *SS02/R836* 12/SS02/R836 ST: Commend former University of Mississippi PAGE 4 Rebel Quarterback Eli Manning for winning Super Bowl XLVI and MVP honors.