A little off topic. Does anyone know who the old woman was standing next to Peyton Manning during the commercial at the beginning of the game. It was the one with the kid with Odell Beckham hair running the football through the streets past all the NFL players. At the end he runs into the stadium and the woman hands him the game ball and he runs it in and gives it to the official to start the game. Cute commercial, knew some of the people, but not all. I’m guessing she was related to one of the old families who started the NFL, but don’t know.
A little off topic. Does anyone know who the old woman was standing next to Peyton Manning during the commercial at the beginning of the game.
Technically not a commercial, it was part of the opening of the game. The grand lady was George Halas’ 97 year old daughter:
Virginia Halas McCaskey (born January 5, 1923) is the principal owner of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. She is the eldest child of former Bears coach and owner George Halas, who left the team to his daughter upon his death in 1983, and Minnie Bushing Halas. After the death of Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson in March 2014, she became the oldest owner in the NFL.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Halas_McCaskey
She was George Halas’s daughter, Virginia Halas McCaskey.
The family still owns the Chicago Bears