Peyton Manning is not popular everywhere

It's way, way too typical. In sociology, it is called ethnocentrism. Look it up.

When the few Titans game tickets still left at the beginning of the season, those not consumed by PSL holders, go on sale, the first game to sell out is the home tilt with the Colts. Reason? Former Vols QB Peyton Manning.

Reason: ethnocentrism. Again, it is so typical as to be laughable. Other than in a pocket of Tennessee, the rest of the country does not give a twit about Manning. I'm not so sure even all the Tennesseans do. I suspect they subconsciously think it is an Event because of Manning (it is not) and they want to be a part of the big spectacle.

Manning, even with all of his NFL achievements, is not even that well known by average fans in other NFL cities. Believe me, he's not. Nor is Chris Johnson for the Titans, for that matter. Most fans root for their home teams, but know little about the majority of the players on that team, and even less about such as Manning.

Others who vaguely know of Manning are turned off by his looks, his large head. It's a fact.

Too typical. I'm smirking now, realizing these people think we care.

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