‘"The style of college football changed so much while he [Peyton Manning] was there [at Tennessee] that his sophomore season was better than his junior or senior seasons," said Archie [Manning]. "Part of it was the offensive line was better, but the SEC, the toughest conference to begin with, was stronger and there were great defensive coaches like Bill Oliver at Alabama and later Auburn, Bob Stoops of Florida (now head coach at Oklahoma) and Woody Widenhofer (the ex-Steeler defensive coordinator) at Vanderbilt.’