Peyton Manning sends message to Pope Leo XIV the same day that a photo of the Pope with a Tennessee Vols jersey goes viral
On Monday, a photo of Pope XIV being presented with a Tennessee Vols jersey went viral. Later on Monday, Vols legend Peyton Manning sent a message to Pope XIV, though it wasn’t a message about Tennessee’s upcoming game against the Georgia Bulldogs. Instead, Manning made a plea during the ManningCast broadcast of the Chicago Bears […]
On Monday, a photo of Pope XIV being presented with a Tennessee Vols jersey went viral.
Later on Monday, Vols legend Peyton Manning sent a message to Pope XIV, though it wasn’t a message about Tennessee’s upcoming game against the Georgia Bulldogs.
Instead, Manning made a plea during the ManningCast broadcast of the Chicago Bears vs. Minnesota Vikings game, inviting Pope Leo XIV to be a guest on the show.
Peyton Manning reaches out to Pope Leo XIV
“I think we should try to let the people know that you tried to book a big-time fourth guest,” said Peyton’s brother, Eli, during the broadcast. “Is it true that you failed to book Chicago native, Pope Leo XIV?”
“Yeah, kind of like I failed to recruit Randy Moss to Tennessee,” replied Peyton. “I couldn’t close the pope. But I made the effort, Eli. And that’s the kind of effort we make here at ESPN2. I tried my hardest. Can we show the letter? Look at these two handwritten letters I wrote. I wrote his Holiness himself and I wrote his executive assistant. Handwritten. I made the effort. Look, these are handwritten letters.”
“If you’re watching, Your Holiness, this is an open invitation,” continued Peyton. “Come on the show anytime. It’s you, it’s Tiger Woods, it’s Bradley Cooper, it’s President Bush, it’s Larry David. Y’all are our most wanted on that list for the ManningCast. Come anytime. We’d love to have you, Your Holiness.”
Pope Leo XIV is obviously a busy guy, so I don’t know if he has the time to spare to talk ball with Peyton and Eli on the ManningCast. But it would certainly be fun to see him on the show during a Monday Night Football game.
Maybe Pope Leo XIV would even wear his new custom Vols jersey — which I’m sure would delight Peyton.
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