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ESPN College GameDay announces MLB All-Star Kyle Schwarber as Week 9 Celebrity Guest Picker

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With ESPN’s College GameDay slated for an historic broadcast from Bloomington, Indiana, ahead of Washington paying a visit to undefeated Indiana, a recent Hoosier legend will be on hand to make picks: Kyle Schwarber.

The current Major League slugger and multi-time All Star played on the diamond for the Hoosiers, starring mostly with his bat. He helped guide Indiana to an appearance in the College World Series in 2013, the lone appearance in school history. Schwarber was a 1st-team All American that season, his sophomore year in college, as he hit for a .366 average and knocked in 54 RBI and 18 home runs in 61 games.

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“It’s gonna be exciting. It’s gonna be fun. Can’t wait to see all you guys there and go Hoosiers,” Schwarber said in a short video announcing he would be the guest picker.

It was announced shortly after Indiana trounced Nebraska last Saturday that the ESPN pregame show would be traveling to Bloomington. And the setting has some meaning for the broadcast.

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Lee Corso, who returned to the GameDay set this past weekend, will head home for the first time. Corso coached Indiana from 1973-82, going 41-68-2 as head coach.

Corso’s tenure included a No. 19 final AP Poll ranking in 1979 and a Holiday Bowl victory.

Indiana is in the midst of a breakout season under first year coach Curt Cignetti. Coming over from James Madison, Cignetti infused the Hoosiers with some kind of magic.

Indiana is currently 7-0 following a 56-7 win over Nebraska Saturday. Even ahead of Indiana’s win, Cignetti explained why he had so much confident in his program, despite it being his first year.

“I had a lot of confidence coming in because I’d had so much success as a head coach, I guess,” Curt Cignetti told Andy Staples and Ari Wasserman on Andy & Ari On3. “And I felt like I had done this kind of turnaround two or three times already. So it’s just doing it on a bigger stage. And I thought it was important that I set an expectation level when I first got here. I realize I went out on a limb on a few comments, but I just detected, the first day I was here, kind of a feeling of hopelessness that it can’t get done here.

“Once I was here – and I felt like I had to get people excited right off the bat. Now those are just words, but portray that confidence and expectation level that this is what we’re going to do.”

It’s safe to say, Indiana is living up to Cignetti’s expectations. The Hoosiers were 6-0 for the first time since 1967, now 7-0. To put that in perspective, the late Bob Knight was still four years away from taking over the basketball program, and The Beatles had just released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.