Aug 12th 2008 4:00AM by Will Brinson (author feed)
Filed under: Giants, NFC East, NFL Media WatchNo, check that. It’s spaghetti and Oreos that Eli Manning loves, according to the upcoming issue of , something I didn’t know existed. But it does.

And Eli is all over it come September, when the magazine will reveal a photo shoot that, should you still consider him Lil’ Peyton, definitely change your mind about what a non-momma’s boy man’s man he really is.
A moussed-up Eli Manning is the cover boy in the September issue of Men’s Vogue, offering a glimpse at his oft-hidden sense of humor and his game day menu: Spaghetti, Oreos and Gatorade.

The typically reticent Manning, 27, is known to teammates as a prankster. One of his favorites: parking alongside a lineman’s car with just inches to spare, forcing his 300-plus pound protector to climb behind the whee; via the passenger’s side.
Oh-ho-ho. Actually, that is kind of funny, and I typically enjoy doing it to random people at the grocery store.

But no individual prank is going to make me jump on the “Eli Has Arrived!” bandwagon. And no mugshot of him with gel in his hair and a New York skyline is going to do it either. Plus, it’s not like the Giants are hurting for incredibly good looking and photogenic quarterbacks at this point. What they need is a leader.

And yes, I know they just won a Super Bowl. But I’m still not believing. Although that black steel look above is pretty tough to not trust.