ESPN's College GameDay and there crew are in South Bend (Indiana) today for a rare and special edition of game day. They are covering the newly expanded College Football Playoff first round matchup between No. 7 Notre Dame and No. 10 Indiana.
This is going to be fun 🤩
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) December 20, 2024
Can't wait to have @Shanemgillis as today's guest picker! College GameDay begins at 3:30 PM ET on ESPN 📺 pic.twitter.com/rbGtnfLRdZ
Shane Gillis a Philadelphia native and die hard sports fan is also one of the most well-known stand-up comedians in the world currently. He has over two million followers on Instagram and over 625.8k on X. Gillis has also been featured on Netflix comedy "Tires" and has appeared as a cast member on Saturday Night Live and has also hosted the show
Gillis joins an incredible list of celebrity guest pickers from the 2024 season, including Indiana's Kyle Schwarber, Michael Phelps, Marshawn Lynch and maybe the best picker of the year actor Timothée Chalamet.
Gillis starred in and co-wrote the new campaign for Bud Light that kicked off the college football season. Bud Light is returned team cans for the 65 colleges on the brand’s roster. “As a passionate college football fan himself, Shane was the perfect partner to connect to our college football audience with his distinct style of humor,” Todd Allen, Bud Light’s senior vice president of marketing, said in a release. “And it doesn’t hurt that (Gillis) loves a Bud Light or two on gameday.”
College football's top pregame show with Rece Davis, Nick Saban, Kirk Herbstreit, Pat McAfee, Lee Corso and Desmond Howard will air starting at 3:30 pm ET today and regular scheduled time tomorrow at 9am E.T.
On Saturday, "College GameDay" will be in Columbus, Ohio, previewing a matchup between No. 8 Ohio State and No. 9 Tennessee.