Ten Candidates to be the GameDay Guest Picker
Well ESPN will bring its college football gameday show back to Eugene. Oregon has hosted the show nearly on an annual basis in multiple locations across campus.
Last week Lee Corso was absent from the show and listed as ‘under the weather’ for the reason. Hopefully he’s back this week and in Eugene. We know Corso has always had a soft spot for the Ducks.
Oregon has had some fun guest pickers in the past. There’s a lot of ways ESPN could go with this pick on Saturday. Last week at Cal ESPN had Marshawn Lynch on the show. Which felt like an obvious pick there. Two weeks ago the show had Mrs. Terry (Nick Saban’s Wife) while in Tuscaloosa for the Bama-Georgia game.
Here are ten potential candidates for the honor.
- Phil Knight — Feels like a no-brainer. I think he has to be the favorite early on. With Phil getting up there in age this might be one of his last chances at making an appearance.
- Sabrina Ionescu — Her playoff schedule becomes the issue here. Otherwise I think she’d be the top choice.
- Ty Burrell — Obvious connection to the school and well-known actor. Have to think his schedule should allow for an appearance if asked.
- Justin Herbert — Obvious choice here but again, will his schedule allow? Ironically, Herbert plays against the next candidate in Denver that weekend.
- Bo Nix — Just read what I said for Herbert.
- Kayvon Thibodeaux — The Giants host Cincinnati next weekend.
- Marcus Mariota — Washington plays at Baltimore next weekend. He’s not the starter so he might have more availability.
- Tinker Hatfield — Maybe Phil declines but pushes for Tinker to do it.
- Payton Pritchard — The Oregon native returns for Gameday. That would be an all-time moment for him I’m sure. Schedule should allow him to make the trip if asked.
- Cole Hocker — Amazing Olympian but I would wager not many outside of the Oregon world would really know who he is.
