For the second time this season, ESPN and the College GameDay crew will be traveling to Tuscaloosa to watch Nick Saban and his Alabama Crimson Tide. The crew first visited in Week 2 when the Tide unfortunately lost to their future SEC foe the Texas Longhorns. This week, GameDay will be back as No. 8 Alabama hosts No. 14 LSU with a spot in the SEC Championship game on the line, likely against Georgia.
For the matchup against Texas GameDay brought on former Alabama quarterback and New York Jets legend Joe Namath. This week, the guest picker will be comedian Nate Bargatze who has appeared on both Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Fallon’s shows and hosted “Saturday Night Live” recently as well.
While he is talented and has a very funny personality, fans are a bit curious as to why he is the guest picker. He attended neither Alabama nor LSU for college and was born in Tennessee, so he has no strong emotional ties either way.
The game against LSU will kick off at 6:45 p.m CT., so if you plan on going to GameDay make sure you figure out a way to take a nap or pace yourself before the start of the game! The Tide needs Bryant-Denny to be rocking under the lights in a massive revenge game.
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— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) November 2, 2023
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