from the high desert and the great Americans Southwest.

I bid you all good evening.

Good morning.

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As it may be wherever you are around the globe, all our time zones, every single one of them covered like a blanket by this program.

Coast to Coast a.m., it is my honor and privilege to be continuing to escort you through the weekend.

Let's look at the news, and actually there's not a depressing thing, or is there, depending, I guess, on your point of view, as the first item.

Only in America do you get a football story as a lead item.

A comeback. A drive. A legacy. And yes, finally.

Peyton Manning gets his Super Bowl trip. So does Tony Dungey.

Football's most prolific quarterback put on a show for the ages today.

Rallying the Indianapolis Colts from 18 points down.

I don't think that's ever happened before in this kind of playoff game, driving them 80 yards

for the winning score and a wildly entertaining, 38, 34 victory over the New England Patriots.

Ha ha, ha, ha.

Sorry, New England, but. Ha, ha, ha.

Sorry, New England, but you did whip, and you shouldn't have whooped the San Diego Chargers, so.

Can't Sam, sorry.

In his nine years in the league, Manning has never played in a game like this AFC championship contest.

There you go.

He threw for 349 yards, one touchdown, brought his team back from a 21-3 deficit.

That makes it the biggest comeback.

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