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Peyton, Eli Manning visit Knute Rockne’s house during episode of ‘Eli’s Places’
By Keith Farner
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Eli Manning brought on his brother Peyton in another installment of “Eli’s Places,” a streaming show on ESPN+, as they made a visit to Knute Rockne’s house.
“If I was going to make a pilgrimage to one of college football’s meccas, I had to go in style, and bring the biggest football history buff I know,” Eli said.
Of course, that’s Peyton.
“If you’re going to knock on Knute Rockne’s door, you might as well do it in a ’32 Rockne Studebaker,” Peyton said.
The brothers then joked about how cars aren’t named after football coaches or players anymore.
Eli then gave a brief history lesson and how Rockne helped sell vehicles because he was a storied coach in college football history.
“Rockne invented coaching as we know it, and even helped a wash-up actor become president,” Eli said.
The legend of Knute Rockne may have been a history lesson for me, but it was a memory for Peyton. pic.twitter.com/W4FPqZ0j27
— Eli Manning (@EliManning) August 17, 2022
Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman and former quarterback Brady Quinn also participated in the episode, as Freeman noted Rockne’s address, 1417 Wayne Avenue in South Bend
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
