Cooper Manning offers quip about Texas flags at 'The Graduate' hotel in Ann Arbor on Fox

Cooper Manning, the dad of Texas football backup quarterback Arch Manning and brother to NFL legends Peyton and Eli Manning, appeared on Fox's "Big Noon Kickoff" on Saturday morning and was asked about Longhorns flags flying at a hotel in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this week.

"The Graduate," a hotel chain located in mostly college towns, always flies the flags of the road team each week except for arch-rival Ohio State in Ann Arbor's case. Where Cooper Manning comes in is a rumor on X , formerly known as Twitter, mentioning Manning was the reason why the flags were flown at the hotel in the lead up to Texas' top-tier matchup with Michigan on Saturday.

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Cooper Manning was asked about the flags on Fox's morning show.

"The folks in Ann Arbor are so hospitable, they welcomed me with open arms," Manning said. "Even the backup quarterback's dad gets to hang his flags, how nice of them."

The move by Cooper Manning would line up, as he's on the team at AJ Capital Partners, which launched the Graduate Hotel line in 2014 before selling the hotel line to Hilton Worldwide in March.

Peyton Manning was asked about the flags on "The Pat McAfee Show" on Friday, and wasn't aware of the flags but did mention Cooper Manning was in the hotel business.

"I have not heard this," Peyton Manning said. "Cooper is in the hotel business. The Graduate is kind of one of their top hotels. There's one in Knoxville, there's one in Columbus, there's one in Ann Arbor. They have room keys with the famous alums on there. I have not heard that but that 'ought to get this game and rivalry started pretty quick."

With Cooper Manning all but confirming it was him to line up Texas flags being flown in Ann Arbor, Michigan, it certainly got people talking ahead of one of the top non-conference matchups in college football this season.

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Cooper Manning offers quip about Texas flags at 'The Graduate' hotel in Ann Arbor on Fox