above Thursday's episode is pat mcafee showESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit teased who that player will be. celebrity guest picker for Saturday's episode college game day.
The show visits a different college campus each week based on who is hosting the big game. To create a noisy environment, students line up early in the morning, creating a lot of commotion in and around the school. The final segment of each week is based on predictions for that day's games, and celebrities (often alumni or university officials) slide in to help pick all the games.
This week, the show heads to Austin, Texas, where Top Rank airs late Saturday night. texas longhorns We will take 4th place georgia bulldogs Darrell K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium. This game will be a huge one as these two Giants will meet for the first time in conference play on Saturday. Texas and Oklahoma officially joined the SEC this summer.
“Who's here this week? Golfers, right?” Herbstreit said. pat mcafee show.
“[Sir Nick] Faldo is coming back!?'' Producer Ty Schmidt added.
“Not Fuld,” McAfee yelled.
“[Jordan] Spieth!?'' another voice asked.
“I think Scotty Scheffler,” Herbstreit finally revealed.
“Really?” McAfee and his co-producers said in unison.
“Oh! That's great!”
Two years ago, when Texas faced No. 1 Alabama in a nonconference matchup, ESPN invites Schefflera Texas graduate, will be on the GameDay set. Surprisingly, John Fields, a college coach from Texas, handed Scheffler the Jack Nicklaus Award, which is given to the PGA Tour's Player of the Year, on the set.
In September 2022, an emotional Scheffler said, “That's a great thing.''
“Not much to say. I definitely wasn't expecting it. But it means a lot to me.”
Given the priorities already set, could we see a similar episode unfold on Saturday?
In the end, Scheffler won the 2022 Jack Nicklaus Award after winning the Masters and overall in four tournaments. He also won that honor last year.
This year, Scheffler was compared to Tiger Woods and shed ethereal tears. He won seven times on tour, including an Olympic gold medal. He also captured another green jacket. Despite Xander Schauffele winning two major titles, the former Texas Longhorn will undoubtedly win the Jack Nicklaus Award for the third consecutive season.
Now, the question is whether Scheffler will win another award on set. Or will his coronation as Player of the Year take place another day?
Jack Mirko is a golf staff writer for SB Nation's Playing Through. Be sure to check it out @_PlayingThrough Cover more golf. You can follow him on Twitter @jack_milko In the same way.
