Bears fan will keep promise, change name to Peyton Manning

Scott Wiese had pledged to his friends that if his beloved Chicago Bears didn't win Super Bowl XLI on Sunday, he would legally change his name to Peyton Manning. "I made the bet, and now I've got to keep it," he says. "I chose Manning because, well, he is kind of the face of the Colts franchise." (Decatur Herald & Review)

Comments

[oxhead]

This is why I'm a baseball fan. No one ever changed his name to Dan Uggla on a bet.

[FlyingSpaghettiMonster]

I'm impressed by the bet, but I would have loved it if he changed his name to DeDe Dorsey or Rocky Boiman - or better yet, that booger guy...

[Bill]

Hey oxhead, just you wait until the Marlins bring home the pennant.

Then we'll see if there is an increase in the number of Dan Uggla's running around out there.

[pdg]

My favorite was the fan who bet he would get breast implants and wear them for a year - and he did it!! A name doesn't impress me.

[pnwgal]

Yanno, if you look at the guy, he sorta looks like Peyton Manning. Well...if you squint real hard and cover one eye...yeah, he looks just like him!

[Dan]

Lets not forget that the guy left the breast implants in well past the 1 year stipulated in the bet.

[Soo]

As a designated driver and oftentimes the only sober non-employee in the bar, I would like to say once again this is yet another reason why no-one should go drinking without a "sober second."

First, the guy has now had to admit to being in a "piano bar." And I thought "bowling alley bar" was bad.

Second, no-one stopped this clown from getting a damn petition signed. I mean really. Unless my drunk friend seriously pissed me off about something, I'd stop him from making an ass of himself like that.

I wonder if the judge will decide to add "Imadumbass" as a middle name?

[ssw]

I've decided to change mine to "Dolly Parton." Just because.

[TomW]

Best, or worst sports name I ever heard was a minor leaguer Bubba Gayguy. His career was short, however, he went on the road as a sex counselor for the Rev. Ted Haggard and was able to pronounce him completely un-gay and he had the authority to do so because he was a lifelong Gayguy.

Shoulda been a bet with a little bite in it:

Shoulda made him change his name to "Rex Grossman".

[Dave Kaufman - The Extra Point]

Peyton Manning and his team will certainly contact this guy for any number of Peyton's deals with his sponsors. I expect Scott/Peyton to show up in a commercial soon. Or better yet let's see Staples cast both of them in an ad.

I credited your blog in my post:
http://theextrapoint.com/archives/2007/02/12/the-real-peyton-manning-its-superbowl-time/trackback