College Gameday Comes To Knoxville

[JL24]

How about Phil Williams?

He's been a Knoxville fixture for decades.

John Pennington would also be a good choice.

 

[Jeff Clark]

I wouldn't doubt it if Gameday invited nothing but Florida celebs and Alumni

 

[loservol]

Dude. If our head coach is worried about Gameday being in town for this game, then we picked the wrong guy. Heupel and Co couldn't care less about all that, except for a little pub for recruiting. Them being there means nothing to the team. It’s all about fans. Nothing more. Now Botch Jones would be worried about this, but not Heupel.

I'm worried more about the players getting caught up in all the pagentry than Heupel being distracted. If ESPN wanted to show up for any other game on the Vols schedule, I could care less. You just know they (ESPN) only want to be here to show their fannies.
With NIL, we no longer need the non existent ESPN praise now that money speaks louder than false hype.

 

[BelieveTheHeup93]

They brought out Fulmer and Spurrier as guest pickers back in 2016:



Vitello, Barnes, or Manning would all be winners.

Tobias Harris or Alvin Kamara

 

[loservol]

I wouldn't doubt it if Gameday invited nothing but Florida celebs and Alumni

It would be something they would definitely do.

 

[justinvol88]

Another name I’ll throw out there. Bill Dance,

 

[RavinDave]

I vote for Cas Walker !

I worked for Cas Walker in 1970/71

 

[Rickyvol77]

I'll never understand why so many people actively do not want College GameDay in Knoxville. You simply cannot convince me that there isn't a net positive in exposure, dwindling viewership of the show and all, stemming from having the crew on campus in front of Neyland.

Because some people are morons

 

[SDV]

Because some people are morons

 

[joevol33]

They brought out Fulmer and Spurrier as guest pickers back in 2016:



Vitello, Barnes, or Manning would all be winners.

I love Peyton, but keep him away from big games

 

[SD189]

They should have Christina Hendricks as the guest picker. May set a viewership numbers record haha.

 

[loservol]

Because some people are morons

Some people sadly feel they need validation from those they perceived as being better than them. The only compliments you will get from ESpin Saturday, will be of the backhanded variety.

 

[Butch s]

I'll never understand why so many people actively do not want College GameDay in Knoxville. You simply cannot convince me that there isn't a net positive in exposure, dwindling viewership of the show and all, stemming from having the crew on campus in front of Neyland.

ESPN is the enemy and mostly because of fowlers trailer park comment

 

[loservol]

ESPN is the enemy and mostly because of fowlers trailer park comment

They have not forgotten Schiano Sunday.

 

[Godfatha]

Tennessee has a 2-5 record in SEC home games with College GameDay present.

Time to change all the curses

To be fair, our record hasn't been great in big matchups regardless of whether gameday is there or not. I agree, we get it done Saturday.

 

[Woodrow Call]

But will we if Peyton is there? Or are you saying we get Arch to pick and steal him from Sark?

The outlook is generally grim if Peyton shows up.

 

[Godfatha]

Wut?

And that doesn't even scratch the surface, because there is a LONG list of famous pro football and basketball players who love Tennessee and the Vols (Witten, Berry, Wilson, Schofield, Parker, etc), nor the even longer list of country music artists who are equally rabid for our lads. I included Peyton and Chesney in the photo montage to represent all those others.

No shortage of famous Vols fans.

Go Vols!

Since when is John Cena, Keith Urban, Vol fans? I don't even see the connection. Tarentino or Samuel L would be awesome.

 

[rwemyss]

If they come back, can we get Pruitt/Sal Sunseri/Dave Heart as guest pickers? They could represent both schools because those Gumps tried everything they could to destroy TN for Bama while on our payroll.

Might as well ask Schiano to come by as well. He seems to have TN on his mind.

 

[BluetickVol01]

People mentioning Dolly Parton as guest picker?
HELL NO!!
That’s embarrassing. She knows Jack nothing about UT football. Hell no. Peyton, inky, or Kamara or Wallen. Nobody else.

 

[SDV]

People mentioning Dolly Parton as guest picker?
HELL NO!!
That’s embarrassing. She knows Jack nothing about UT football. Hell no. Peyton, inky, or Kamara or Wallen. Nobody else.

How do you know that? Because she’s a woman?

 

[BluetickVol01]

How do you know that? Because she’s a woman?

Doesn’t matter if she’s a woman or not. I don’t want her on Gameday. It’s a waste. Get someone with some clout that’s good for recruiting. Dolly is boring.

 

[sami]

I'm glad for anything that helps or recognizes Tennessee, but I genuinely dislike what College Gameday has become.

This is it for me as well. But it can't help but be good for recruiting, and as someone else says it'll be nice for the country to see the best of UT and Knoxville as opposed to the cherry picked bad publicity we usually get from the national media.

 

[theroyz71]

My vote is for Jerry from Bulls Gap

Roger.

 

[IluvdoubleD's]

Another name I’ll throw out there. Bill Dance,

How Amazing would this be?

 

[Frosty]

Vitello or Morgan Wallen (Most likely) is my picks