Smith: Archie Manning at 75 years old

Last week, I called Archie Manning with a routine request that led to an informal conversation that typically occurs a few times each year. 

There is a lot of humor when we talk.

There is a lot of humor when we talk. There is no profanity, no mean-spirited gossip. The down-home mores he learned as a boy in Drew, Mississippi, are still there.

Archie has always been and always will be the consumma…