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Peyton Manning Almost Went to Michigan to Get Away from SEC, Says Dad Archie

Tom Brady and Peyton Manning nearly went to the same college.

Archie Manning said his son almost attended Michigan instead of Tennessee to avoid playing in the SEC.

"A lot of people don't know this, but Peyton almost went to Michigan," Archie Manning said during an "Evening with Manning and Miles" at the Oakbourne Country Club in Lafayette, Louisiana, per Glenn Guilbeau of the Daily Advertiser. "He wanted to get away from the Southeastern Conference and carve his own."

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