Peyton Manning stiff-armed the Monday Night Football gig ... but the future Hall of Fame QB found a show he's down to host -- a reboot of the 1960's game show, College Bowl!!
44-year-old Manning has signed on to host the 10-episode season of the once-super popular game show ... a quiz show which pits college students from different universities against each other.
The prize??
Well, SCHOLARSHIP $$$$!!!
The 2x Super Bowl winning QB is pumped for the new gig (and the loads of prize money they're goin' to give away), saying .