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Peyton Manning came to the start of Broncos’ Organized Team Activities in May with a new accessory: A green Lycra football meant to send a message about fumbling.
On Thursday, the quarterback showed up at training camp with the same ball — with one difference: It’s blue.
And he found some low-brow humor in the color change to be high comedy.
Manning was waiting all day to try to get a reporter to say “blue ball” to him during his press conference. No one did, so he brought it up:
“Last thing, I know you wanted to know [about] the ball security thing. Did [Head Coach John Fox] give the answer?”
Reporter: “Same as the green he said.”
Manning: “It’s a different color because of training camp, does that make any sense?”
Reporter: “So will it be green for the regular season?”
Manning: “It won’t be blue during the regular season, but it’s training camp. What color are they during training camp?”
Reporter: “Blue ball.”
Manning: “There it is.”
Article source: http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/07/peyton-manning-training-camp