Although he has stood on many Mount Rushmores, today Tiger Woods once again stands on another prestigious Mount Rushmore.
Tiger Woods and the Pope among those on this Peyton Manning Mount Rushmore
You’d think, given the fact Peyton and Tiger teamed up to defeat their arch rivals, Tom Brady and Phil Mickelson, in the 2020 edition of The Match, that a Woods appearance on the “Manningcast” would have happened years ago. Evidently not. During the Chicago Bears-Minnesota Vikings game on Monday night, The Sherriff said Woods is among a list of five incredible names he’s been unable to secure, but not for lack of trying.
“We should let the people know that you tried to book a big-time fourth guest [tonight],” says Eli in the clip below.
That guest Eli was referring to was not Woods but Chicago native Pope Leo XIV, who Peyton handwrote a letter to in the hopes of getting him on for the NFC North clash. That’s when Peyton revealed the rest of the names he’d like to get on, including Woods:
What a wild collection of names. The Pope, the greatest golfer of all time, one of the best actors of his generation and a rabid Philadelphia Eagles fan, a former president and the creator of two of the greatest comedy shows ever. We’d say it’s lofty, but the Mannings have had former president Barack Obama on, they’ve had LeBron James on, they’ve had Phil Mickelson on. They aren’t exactly trotting out C-listers.
Unfortunately, though, no Tiger… yet. Perhaps this was a little breadcrumb from Peyton. They won’t be on the air in Week 2, when Tiger’s beloved Las Vegas Raiders take on the L.A. Chargers in the nightcap of next Monday’s double-header. But they will be on the air in Week 11 when the Dallas Cowboys visit Vegas to take on the black and silver. Plenty of time between now and then for Peyton to lock it down.
