For BYU soccer followers who've waited months to see what former Tremendous Bowl champion quarterback Eli Manning did and who he talked to in Provo in June, the lengthy wait is nearly over.
“I used to be stealth earlier than stealth know-how got here in.” — former BYU quarterback Jim McMahon
Manning was on the town to tape the tv present “Eli’s Locations,” which debuted within the fall of 2021 with 10 episodes. As was reported by the Deseret Information, Manning frolicked speaking about BYU’s quarterback manufacturing unit with two of the college’s all-time greats, Jim McMahon and Ty Detmer.
This week’s episode — watch to see if Manning could make the trek up Y Mountain to what Detmer calls “essentially the most iconic spot in Provo” — premieres Wednesday on ESPN+.
In its second season, the collection follows Manning, who performed school soccer at Mississippi and within the professionals for the New York Giants, across the nation as he talks about school soccer.
Having been allowed to view the whole episode earlier this week, the Deseret Information discovered it to be humorous, quirky and attention-grabbing.
Interactions between Detmer and Manning, like once they scale Y Mountain and Detmer soothes a tiring Manning by saying he introduced path combine, are fairly entertaining.
Manning’s chat with McMahon on the 50-yard line at LaVell Edwards Stadium, is extra severe and affords McMahon the prospect to explain how he steered away from the Honor Code workplace at BYU.
“I used to be stealth earlier than stealth know-how got here in,” McMahon says.
Does Jimmy Mac consider that BYU is the most effective quarterback-producing college in all of faculty soccer? Does Manning make it to Y on the mountain so he can ring the Victory Bell?
Tune in Wednesday for the solutions. And some laughs.