Possible (unusual) Pynchon reference?

[Mark Kohut]

I am belated on this because I have had a busy week, all good. 
But a sports-minded writer-friend of mine called me on Tuesday, 
I believe it was, to ask me the meaning of what he thought he heard
on the sports show Mike & Mike....
 
They were talking about the Peyton Manning situation, with him
appearing in NY, then disappearing, perhaps talking to other teams,
with whereabouts often unknown, with still no final word from his owners,e tc. etc. and my friend said
that Mike Greenberg said, "it is all very Pynchonian"................
 
I told him that IF he heard right i imagine the guy was referring to 
slothrop---or the fact of so many characters popping up, then going
away, then popping back within major fictions........
 
I cannot find this on the Mike & Mike website when I put in Pynchon.
"Did I mean "puncheon?".....M & M are YouTubed all over but I don't
have time to check.....
 
If anyone heard this or wants to pursue.............confirming or 
disconfirming would be interesting?