Peyton Manning performed in a distinct period of faculty soccer than his nephew Arch Manning.
When Peyton was the quarterback of the Tennessee Volunteers, bowl season meant quite a bit. Certain, you wished to be within the BCS title sport image, however you had been additionally blissful should you might finish your season with a win in a mess of “prestigious” bowl video games.
The Rose Bowl, Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl, and Fiesta Bowl had been the “elite” BCS Bowl video games that rotated internet hosting the BCS Nationwide Championship Sport. The second tier began with the Cotton Bowl and likewise featured the Peach Bowl and the Citrus Bowl.
Peyton performed within the Citrus Bowl twice from 1994 to 1997, profitable it each instances.
After Arch’s Texas Longhorns defeated the Michigan Wolverines in Wednesday evening’s Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, 41-27, the youthful Manning revealed that he does not need to see that degree of bowl sport once more in his Texas profession.
“Nothing in opposition to the Citrus Bowl, however I feel he performed it twice,” Manning stated, referencing his uncle. “I don’t need to must play it twice.”
