Posted on 09/23/2022 5:35:03 AM PDT by DoodleBob
No one has ever doubted Eli Manning's talent. Chad Powers, on the other hand? That's a different story.
The former Ole Miss Rebels quarterback and two-time Super Bowl champion went undercover under the persona of "Chad Powers" recently and went through tryouts with the Penn State Nittany Lions. The process was documented on ESPN+ where Manning has a show titled "Eli's Places" that explores college football.
"One of the guys that you guys are competing with has been disqualified for two reasons," Penn State head coach James Franklin said. "His testing numbers were awful, but on top of that, we found out he's ineligible. Chad Powers, you're ineligible."
"I thought I had it boys," Manning said as he removed his disguise. "I'm sorry. I'm just a 41-year old who wants to play ball and get back out there. I appreciate working with y'all today."
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTDBw7X8wBU
That’s funny.
Could be looking at a monster game on October 15th w/ PSU @ UM both probably 5-0.
Somewhat unoriginal, even if well done. Kyrie Irving did a version of this a few years back, disguising himself as an old man who could best a bunch of young guys from the hood in pickup basketball.
Eli Manning goes undercover as a College Football walk-on
Thanks!
Agree. Rehash of a rehash. Here is the Jared Goff JUCO transfer prank. https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=jared+goff+undercover+video&view=detail&mid=7651B07A0F55220A90CA7651B07A0F55220A90CA&FORM=VIRE I get these in my feed because I watched the Jared Goff one I guess. Must be people want to watch the same prank over and over. By the way, is there any other video platform to use other than youtube. All I get is garbage fed to me there. Rumble is very limited. I got on Brighteon and couldn’t figure out how to search or see categories.
Further, Peyton and Eli are very entertaining in their TV spots. As a Colts season ticket holder I got to see Peyton vs. Brady in person once a year for 10 years. Good times. Good times. The 2 best QB’s of our generation.
Eli beat Florida, Peyton never did.
Bless them both.
Chad video was well done
George Plimpton did it first with the Detroit Lions...
He’s the best QB the Lions have had since Bobby Layne. (snicker)
That was funny.
Shoulda tried Brady, instead......................
Chad did his Uncle Austin proud.
“He was pretending to be an NFL level kicker…”
IIRC he got permission from a team to train like a QB and was permitted to play one down in a pre-season game. I remember reading it when I was young.
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