LSU power couple Livvy Dunne, Paul Skenes tabbed as College GameDay celebrity guest pickers
A pair of LSU national champions will join ESPN’s “College GameDay” crew Saturday as celebrity guest pickers.
Whether Cincinnati Bengals teammates Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase, following their Thursday night game, will make their way to Baton Rouge for the weekend remains to be seen.
But power couple Olivia “Livvy” Dunne and Paul Skenes — champions with the gymnastics program earlier this year and the baseball program in 2023, respectively — will share their predictions on the battle between No. 14 Tigers (6-2, 3-1) and No. 11 Alabama (6-2, 3-2) and Saturday’s other high-profile matchups.
On3’s Peter Nakos reported the news Thursday.
The Tiger tandem will be the first pair of guest pickers thus far this season on the popular show.
Dunne, one of the nation’s most popular college athletes in the modern NIL era, returned to the university this year for what will be her fifth-year senior season this spring.
Skenes, meanwhile, recently wrapped up his rookie season with the Pittsburgh Pirates, including a selection as the National League’s starting pitcher in the All-Star Game.
But the No. 1 selection in the 2023 MLB Draft has remained a consistent presence at LSU home games the past two seasons since wrapping up his college career last summer.
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This weekend will mark GameDay’s first broadcast from LSU since the football team’s 2019 national championship run with Burrow and Chase.
The Tigers have been a consistent presence on the show through the years, though, as one of its top-five locations and top-10 featured teams overall during its three decades on the road each week.
LSU vs. Alabama will keep pace with Penn State vs. Ohio State, last week’s choice, as the most frequently selected matchup.
And this year’s game carries the stakes of being widely considered a College Football Playoff elimination game in the first year of the 12-team postseason format.
