Turns out Hurricane Katrina was a big blow to Eli Manning's ego, too.

"Water got up beyond knee level," Eli's father, Archie, told the Denver Post back in 2005, assessing the storm damage to the family home in New Orleans, "but the house isn't damaged that bad — except it was broken into by looters.

"I had two big stacks of signed Peyton and Eli jerseys I would donate to charities. All the Peyton jerseys were stolen.

"I haven't told this to Eli, but all his jerseys are still on the table."

NFL quiz

The lasting memory of Super Bowl XLVI is destined to be:

a) Eli Manning's coronation as an elite quarterback.

b) Mario Manningham's clutch catch.

c) Gisele getting her bloomers in a bundchen.

One for the birds

Hear about plans to stage "Magic & Bird — the Musical"?

Not to be confused with the Super Bowl halftime extravaganza: Madonna & Bird — the Musical.

Know your quotes

RJ Currie of SportsDeke.com: "Who said, 'I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. We'll see. ... I don't know?'

"a) J-Lo, on getting married again.

"b) Michael Jordan, on the Bobcats' starting five."

Bottom 10

The 10 most disliked athletes, according to a poll published in Forbes magazine:

1, Michael Vick; 2, Tiger Woods; 3, Plaxico Burress; 4, Ndamukong Suh; 5, Kris Humphries; 6, LeBron James; 7, Kobe Bryant; 8, Terrell Owens; 9, Alex Rodriguez; 10, Kurt Busch.

Bottom line: 'Tis better to be considered a hedonistic prima donna than it is to marry a Kardashian.

Stomp the music

Sunday brings the annual Grammy Awards, but calling it the Super Bowl of the music industry seems a bit much.

What, are some over-the-hill football players going to perform at halftime or something?

Talking the talk

• CBS's Craig Ferguson, on Madonna getting carried into her Super Bowl halftime show by a bunch of muscular men: "Good thing she wasn't carried in by the Patriots, because they would have dropped her."

• Golfer Daniel Chopra, to USA Today, after acing holes 7 and 17 during a Pebble Beach practice round: "When the second one went in, I was like Tiger Woods on steroids."

• Brad Dickson of the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald, on the Missouri primary's place in the pecking order: "It's the Belk Bowl of elections."

Gonna be a while

Queen Elizabeth has been on the British throne for 60 years and counting now.

And you thought that guy hogging the bathroom at your Super Bowl party was bad.

Dwight Perry: 206-464-8250 or dperry@seattletimes.com