Peyton Manning's twins took his NCAA bracket advice: 'They're mad at me for bad direction'
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Marshall and Mosley Manning are feeling the sting of a terrible loss in the family's NCAA bracket challenge. They are feeling the sting of listening to their dad, who led them astray when it came to their Final Four picks.
The 11-year-old twins of Peyton Manning watched as their dad filled out his bracket last month. They watched him pick No. 3 Tennessee, his football alma mater, to win the whole thing.
And they decided maybe, just maybe, their dad was right.
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Marshall and Mosley copied Manning and picked Tennessee to win it all. Then they watched as Tennessee lost to No. 11 Michigan 76-68 in the second round. Manning quickly heard the grumbles from his kids — and he's still hearing about it.
"They're mad at me for bad direction," Manning told IndyStar Friday, as he talked about the launch of his latest Sweetens Cove bourbon line called Kennessee.
Manning's wife Ashley, who has Villanova and Kansas in the Final Four, has already won the family bracket. But Marshall and Mosley refused to settle without at least one more chance at their own victory.
After he finishes his bourbon media interviews Friday night, Manning said he's going home and the family is going to make new picks, in a Final Four bracket.
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He's pretty sure Marshall and Mosley won't be copying anything he does this time around.
And it just goes to show that even in the iconic Manning household, things can get dicey when it comes to those family NCAA bracket rivalries.
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