A Saturday staple, ESPN’s College GameDay made the trek to Athens, Ga., for the big showdown between No. 1 Georgia and No. 10 Ole Miss.
Host Rece Davis and analysts Desmond Howard, Pat McAfee, Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit welcomed guest picker Nolan Smith to the program. Smith is a former two-time national champion with the Georgia Bulldogs and a rookie currently with the Philadelphia Eagles.
As the crew counted down to another Saturday jam-packed with big-time matchups, they also made their game day picks and shared thoughts on a nice chunk of the college football slate.
The Iowa Hawkeyes‘ (7-2, 4-2 Big Ten) afternoon date against Rutgers (6-3, 3-3 Big Ten) was among the games up for discussion. Coming off a 10-7 win over Northwestern from Wrigley Field where Drew Stevens was the hero, Iowa turns its focus squarely upon the Scarlet Knights.
Thanks to some chaos around them, Iowa is back in the driver’s seat of the Big Ten West. As kickoff rapidly approaches, what did each member of the ESPN College GameDay crew have to say about Iowa-Rutgers and how do they see this contest breaking down?