KNOXVILLE – Peyton Manning is a volunteer assistant for his 6-year-old son’s flag football team these days, and he said he’s not worthy of the title of analyst.
“There are plenty of those out there,” said Manning, who is in Knoxville this weekend to be honored for his induction to the College Football Hall of Fame.
But the legendary former Tennessee and NFL quarterback seemed to speak for most of the Volunteers’ faithful Friday when he shared a few thoughts about today’s game against Georgia at Neyland Stadium.
“I want nothing more than to win Saturday and kind of get the taste of Florida and UMass, maybe not as good of games as we’d like, out of our mouths,” Manning said. “Beating Georgia sure would solve a lot of those problems.”
The Vols (3-1, 0-1 Southeastern Conference) are searching for solid footing after a last-second loss to Florida two weeks ago and a lackluster 17-13 win over Massachusetts this past Saturday. No. 7 Georgia (4-0, 1-0), meanwhile, has emerged as the darling of the SEC East.