The Mannings are arguably the most famous family in football, and the name carries a certain level of prestige around the sports world. But in the end, they’re just a regular family who will do their best to get a laugh or two at each other’s expense.
During a Wednesday appearance at a fundraiser ahead of the Dana LPGA Open in Toledo, Peyton Manning told a hilarious story about when his older and strikingly similar-looking brother, Cooper, visited him while he was at college playing for Tennessee. The night before a game against Kentucky, while Peyton was asleep in his hotel, Cooper decided to go out to the Knoxville bars where some Volunteers fans mistook him for his younger brother.
“[A fan] comes up to him and says, ‘Peyton, what in the world are you doing out? It’s midnight, and we’ve got a game tomorrow!’” Peyton recalled Wednesday, per The Toledo Blade. “Cooper took a little swig, puffed on the cigar, and said, ‘Relax, we’re just playing Kentucky.’
