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Eli Manning is a two-time Super Bowl champ. Why is he walking on at Penn State?

Eli Manning, right, hangs out at the Rose Bowl with two of the stars of the classic 2006 game, former Texas quarterback Vince Young, left, and former USC quarterback Matt Leinart. Eli Manning has some important family history that took place at the Rose Bowl, but he had never set foot in the historic venue until recently, when shooting an episode of “Eli’s Places” that’s focused on the epic national championship showdown between USC and Texas. Omaha Productions — named for Peyton Manning’s famous audible — has a host of “Places” shows aimed at telling the inside stories of a given sport, often in lighthearted and amusing ways. But the “Eli’s Places” episode that has attracted the most attention lately takes place at Penn State, where the 41-year-old New York Giants retiree wears a disguise and tries to join the football team as a walk-on quarterback.

LA Times

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