Hi Friend....I have no dog in this fight...this story has been embellished over time and like many things in history..this isn't what really happened...What did happen is well documented and has been supported by Namath many times over the years...the Jets were not looking to stir anything up with the colts...Namath was being pushed and goded by the press leading up to the game. finally in response to the same question and statements he'd been getting about them having no chance...he made the "guarentee" which was taken completely out of context...being that they won the press had a field day and the story turned to legend....GL this weekend
This is correct. It was just an offhand comment at the time he said it.