Second thoughts

— Don’t call Archie this time

Archie Manning, patriarch of the NFL’s best-known quarterbacking clan, says he’s glad the Super Bowl focus is on another family.

Manning has practically been a fixture at the big game in recent years. Sons Peyton and Eli Manning have won three of the past six Super Bowls. The New Orleans Saints, the hometown team Manning toiled for through hard times, won a fourth during that stretch.

Instead of regaling people with stories about raising two of the best quarterbacks of this era, or how often he was booed and tackled playing for the notoriously bad “Aints,” Manning is getting his house ready for visitors.

“The boys and grandkids will be here later in the week, so I’m definitely looking forward to that,” he said Monday.

Going into Sunday’s game, the Harbaugh family is drawing a lot of attention as the San Francisco 49ers prepare to play the Baltimore Ravens. Jim Harbaugh coaches the 49ers and brother John coaches the Ravens.

Manning said he’s glad this matchup isn’t pulling him apart.

“That’s one of the few nice things about not having either boy in the game,” he said. “The only other nice thing about not having one of the boys in the game is I got 10 tickets and that’s all I’m going to get. I’m out of the ticket and hotel business this year, and glad of it.”Taking snaps

Brad Dickson of the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald reminds us that it’s not all about the Super Bowl this week:

“Rex Ryan was involved in a minor 3-car accident after he ran a red light. The Jets organization is withholding comment until it can figure out how to make Tim Tebow the scapegoat.”

“After sliding with his spikes up toward Ed Reed’s groin in the AFC Championship [Game], Tom Brady was fined $10,000. After the NFC Championship [Game], 49ers running back Frank Gore was fined $10,500 because his socks were too low. I think we just found the worst system of priorities in modern history.”

“The Cleveland Browns hired their sixth head coach since 1999.

The Browns have created more jobs than Congress.”

“In the NFL Pro Bowl, the NFCrouted the AFC 62-35. The MVP was the one guy still watching on TV at the end.” Getting squirrelly

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock bounced back from a pulled muscle to fulfill a wager with flair, releasing a video Tuesday to complete his bet with Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake before the NFL divisional playoff game between the Denver Broncos and Baltimore Ravens on Jan. 12.

In the video, Hancock walks into a meeting of his staff around a table, reads about the Broncos’ loss in a newspaper, then throws the paper in the trash. Nelly’s “Hot in Here” starts playing and Hancock performs Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis’ signature pregame dance on a rug.

He then shouts “Good luck, Ray Ray” to the camera, sits down with his stoic staff and says, “Now let’s get to work.”

Rawlings-Blake also received a box of rib eye steaks from Hancock after the 38-35 loss but seemed to savor the dance much more.

“I love it!!!!!!!!,” Rawlings-Blake tweeted. “I knew you had the moves in you !”Quote of the day “I’m not sitting here saying that we’re

intimidating everybody or anything like that.

But you know we’re

coming to hit you, for sure.” Baltimore Ravens linebacker Paul Kruger

Sports, Pages 20 on 01/30/2013

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