The saga of West Flanders Brewing’s attempt to name a beer for the Denver Broncos before Sunday’s AFC Championship is ending with the Boulder beer maker titling its latest creation after one of quarterback Peyton Manning’s cadence calls instead.
“Brett on the Broncos,” a blend of two Belgian-style beers fermented with wild Brettanomyces yeast, will be known going forward as “Omaha! Omaha! Brett!” the company announced Friday.
“To avoid any more unnecessary roughness from the NFL, we called an audible,” spokesman Marty Jones said in a news release. “We don’t think the folks in Nebraska will mind.”
Re: Peyton Manning - "Omaha"
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 2:03 pm
by Coyote
Does anyone know if that Omaha commercial "Good luck Denver from your neighbor Omaha" was a national commercial?
Re: Peyton Manning - "Omaha"
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 2:19 pm
by BRoss
Coyote wrote:Does anyone know if that Omaha commercial "Good luck Denver from your neighbor Omaha" was a national commercial?
I don't think it was ever played as a normal commercial. They released it through KETV and a lot of news media picked it up and played it.
Peyton Manning's foundation for at-risk youth will receive a $24,800 donation for all the times he shouted "Omaha!" during the AFC championship game Sunday.
Having delighted casual gamblers for years with important Super Bowl prop bets like the length of the national anthem, color of the postgame Gatorade bath and whether Kelly Clarkson will have a bare midriff, the folks at Bovada are catering a special Super Bowl prop to the game’s biggest star. This year, folks can wager on how many times Peyton Manning will say “Omaha” during the Super Bowl.
Fresh off pledging to donate $800 to Peyton Manning's charity for each time he uttered "Omaha" in the AFC Championship Game, the Omaha Chamber Of Commerce says it will now donate $1,500 for each time he yells the word during the Super Bowl.
The Nebraska city's business arm says a total of 15 local businesses are part of the donation, including: CenturyLink, Mutual of Omaha, First Bank of Omaha, Omaha Steaks, Omaha Stormchasers, Omaha Box Company, DJ's Dugout, Union Pacific, ConAgra Foods, Cox Communications, Brix, HDR, Northstar Financial, One Transcription Services and Oriental Trading.
Re: Peyton Manning - "Omaha"
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:24 pm
by Brad
Omaha Chamber Re-Tweet!
@BridgetMartin35 wrote:
Re: Peyton Manning - "Omaha"
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 10:45 am
by Busguy2010
All this publicity makes me feel dirty for rooting for Seattle.
How many times did he even call it out? i dont remember ever hearing it....but i did hear "Marshall!" a few times
Re: Peyton Manning - "Omaha"
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 7:23 am
by bigredmed
According to KETV, the number was 2.
Re: Peyton Manning - "Omaha"
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 7:29 am
by nebugeater
bigredmed wrote:According to KETV, the number was 2.
How many times did he yell Oh *%#*&^
Re: Peyton Manning - "Omaha"
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 7:41 am
by Stargazer
Good while it lasted... I wouldn't be surprised if we never hear it again.
Re: Peyton Manning - "Omaha"
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 11:04 am
by iamjacobm
Re: Peyton Manning - "Omaha"
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:22 am
by cp jay 07
Stargazer wrote:Good while it lasted... I wouldn't be surprised if we never hear it again.
Peyton and Eli (Along with some other QBs) have been using it for years so I don't think it will stop next year. I don't think it will be as big of a deal though.
Re: Peyton Manning - "Omaha"
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 3:23 pm
by nebugeater
cp jay 07 wrote:
Stargazer wrote:Good while it lasted... I wouldn't be surprised if we never hear it again.
Peyton and Eli (Along with some other QBs) have been using it for years so I don't think it will stop next year. I don't think it will be as big of a deal though.
Agree
It is too imbeded. It will continue but it has had it's "24 Hr News Cycle"
Re: Peyton Manning - "Omaha"
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 9:54 am
by TitosBuritoBarn
Stargazer wrote:My wife said she saw it air at least two times before game time... question remains, whether it was local or national.
Did not see it here in Chicago, so I believe it was local.
Re: Peyton Manning - "Omaha"
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 12:36 pm
by GetUrban
Does anyone else think some in Omaha were just a little too flattered by all of the "attention."
Re: Peyton Manning - "Omaha"
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 12:45 pm
by Brad
No, Omaha just happens to have a lot of people that are very excited about their city.
Re: Peyton Manning - "Omaha"
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 3:53 pm
by Busguy2010
GetUrban wrote:Does anyone else think some in Omaha were just a little too flattered by all of the "attention."
I certainly do.
Close to nobody was ever that proud to say they were from Omaha until we got a little national mainstream attention.
And it's not like he chose the word Omaha because he thinks we have a super great city. He could just as easily have used "Idaho"
Just my thoughts; I'm happy its over.
Re: Peyton Manning - "Omaha"
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 4:41 pm
by cp jay 07
GetUrban wrote:Does anyone else think some in Omaha were just a little too flattered by all of the "attention."
Absolutely, for wanting the nation to think of Omaha has a major metropolis we sure looked very small townish for going ape sh!t over a NFL quarterback saying our name, like it's been said before he was just saying it cause it is a very easy cadence to hear.
And while yes it could be people were just excited about their city I would rather be known and have people excited because we our home to a director who is up for multiple Oscars with Alexander Payne, a growing local music scene, a world class Zoo, the CWS and a major arena with a top 15 College Basketball team that draws over 17k a game or what the Big Omaha event has come with people calling it the next SxSW. These our things that Omahan's can actually get behind and show people we are a major metropolitan area with more going on for it than a QB who underperforms in big games saying our name as a cadence.
Also Omaha is in the Chiefs Kingdom and the Ponies suck
Re: Peyton Manning - "Omaha"
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 6:17 pm
by bigredmed
cp jay 07 wrote:
GetUrban wrote:Does anyone else think some in Omaha were just a little too flattered by all of the "attention."
Absolutely, for wanting the nation to think of Omaha has a major metropolis we sure looked very small townish for going ape sh!t over a NFL quarterback saying our name, like it's been said before he was just saying it cause it is a very easy cadence to hear.
And while yes it could be people were just excited about their city I would rather be known and have people excited because we our home to a director who is up for multiple Oscars with Alexander Payne, a growing local music scene, a world class Zoo, the CWS and a major arena with a top 15 College Basketball team that draws over 17k a game or what the Big Omaha event has come with people calling it the next SxSW. These our things that Omahan's can actually get behind and show people we are a major metropolitan area with more going on for it than a QB who underperforms in big games saying our name as a cadence.
Also Omaha is in the Chiefs Kingdom and the Ponies suck :o
I refuse to be a fan of any KC-based team.
Omaha should be proud of the things you mentioned and more. I was in Chicago for a meeting last week with people from NYC, Boston, Dallas, Phoenix, and San Antonio. No one made fun of Omaha. The QB thing didn't come up. Mostly, they were blown away by the immigration waves we are having.
Also, the oscars are not going to give Nebraska anything. The movie was good. The oscar voters are not going to give them squat. Not even tech awards.
Re: Peyton Manning - "Omaha"
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 9:48 pm
by S33
GetUrban wrote:Does anyone else think some in Omaha were just a little too flattered by all of the "attention."
Yes. I wanted to say something to that effect, but you said it perfectly.
For about a month, Omahans seemed like a bunch of giddy little school girls around a cute boy. "hehehe, he said Omaha"!!
Re: Peyton Manning - "Omaha"
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 10:01 pm
by Coyote
Giddy school girl... That just received a couple easy million dollars in free publicity...
Re: Peyton Manning - "Omaha"
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 2:32 pm
by Busguy2010
Coyote wrote:Giddy school girl... That just received a couple easy million dollars in free publicity...
A giddy school girl is a giddy school girl.
Re: Peyton Manning - "Omaha"
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 3:42 pm
by bigredmed
Busguy2010 wrote:
Coyote wrote:Giddy school girl... That just received a couple easy million dollars in free publicity...
A giddy school girl is a giddy school girl.
People don't talk about Omaha much. It is nice to get some good conversation that doesn't involve horrible weather or economic disasters. It was a fluke that he used Omaha and it will be a different word next season. Roll with it.
Rather have a bunch of giddy Chamber of Commerce people getting ink for a big donation to charity over this than yet another story about a tornado or some dismissive piece on our midwestern culture. "Wow, who thought that you could find really cool X in Omaha?" How many times have we read that meme?
Re: Peyton Manning - "Omaha"
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 3:44 pm
by Brad
bigredmed wrote:
People don't talk about Omaha much. It is nice to get some good conversation that doesn't involve horrible weather or economic disasters. It was a fluke that he used Omaha and it will be a different word next season. Roll with it.
Rather have a bunch of giddy Chamber of Commerce people getting ink for a big donation to charity over this than yet another story about a tornado or some dismissive piece on our midwestern culture. "Wow, who thought that you could find really cool X in Omaha?" How many times have we read that meme?
+1
Re: Peyton Manning - "Omaha"
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 4:21 pm
by Busguy2010
bigredmed wrote:
Busguy2010 wrote:
Coyote wrote:Giddy school girl... That just received a couple easy million dollars in free publicity...
A giddy school girl is a giddy school girl.
People don't talk about Omaha much. It is nice to get some good conversation that doesn't involve horrible weather or economic disasters. It was a fluke that he used Omaha and it will be a different word next season. Roll with it.
Rather have a bunch of giddy Chamber of Commerce people getting ink for a big donation to charity over this than yet another story about a tornado or some dismissive piece on our midwestern culture. "Wow, who thought that you could find really cool X in Omaha?" How many times have we read that meme?
Don't get me wrong, I understand that it was a good thing for Omaha. I love Omaha as much as any of us here, and its rare for me to negatively criticize anything to do with Omaha. I'm just saying that we could have gotten the publicity without the corny local news commercials and without the rest of the nation thinking we are all super elated to be in the national spotlight because a good athlete says our name.
Oh well, I'm done being negative about it.
Re: Peyton Manning - "Omaha"
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 5:42 pm
by Bosco55David
cp jay 07 wrote:Also Omaha is in the Chiefs Kingdom and the Ponies suck :o
A) I doubt that's true. I distinctly remember seeing Broncos gear more often than Chiefs gear when I was there, and the Chiefs were semi-respectable then.
B) Let's not hitch our city's wagon to the abysmal team that is the Chiefs. After all, they haven't won a playoff game in like...a generation.
