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Mike McDaniel

Eli Manning Poked Fun at Penn State After Ole Miss Claimed Peach Bowl Win

Two-time Super Bowl champion and noted Ole Miss alumnus Eli Manning couldn’t help but poke fun at Penn State after his alma mater blew the doors off the Nittany Lions in Saturday’s Peach Bowl.

Penn State only ended up losing by 13 when it was all said and done, but the Nittany Lions trailed 38–17 with four minutes to play and were largely non-competitive in the second half.

Enter Manning, who harkened his undercover stint at Penn State camp in 2022, when a film crew documented him in a “walk-on tryout” with James Franklin’s program under the pseudonym of Chad Powers.

Here’s the full video of Manning at his disguised walk-on tryout last fall:

The loss for Penn State in the Peach Bowl ended the program’s season with a 10–3 record. Meanwhile, Ole Miss finished the year at 11–2 with a ton of momentum heading into 2024.

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