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re: ESPN continues the tradition of screwing us on GameDay Guest Pickers
Posted on 10/3/25 at 6:59 pm to TideSaint
Posted on 10/3/25 at 6:59 pm to TideSaint
The amount of bitching about this is really embarrassing, ya'll are like teenage girls. Even my IRL friends have been bitching about it. Talk about focusing on ridiculous BS.
Gameday has come to Tuscaloosa a gazillion times, it's probably hard to find a guest picker that's relevant that many times.
Besides, it's ESPN's show, they do the show for themselves not for the host schools. If they can get a celebrity guest picker that they think will drive ratings they will probably do that. They don't owe the host campus a loyalist guest picker.
The amount of wailing that goes into what the media does or says is absurd, it's not just our fanbase of course but it's sad that a program as accomplisehd as ours still isn't immune to this petty non-sense.
Gameday has come to Tuscaloosa a gazillion times, it's probably hard to find a guest picker that's relevant that many times.
Besides, it's ESPN's show, they do the show for themselves not for the host schools. If they can get a celebrity guest picker that they think will drive ratings they will probably do that. They don't owe the host campus a loyalist guest picker.
The amount of wailing that goes into what the media does or says is absurd, it's not just our fanbase of course but it's sad that a program as accomplisehd as ours still isn't immune to this petty non-sense.
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Posted on 10/3/25 at 7:30 pm to StansberryRules
A post bitching about bitching is so funny to me 
Posted on 10/3/25 at 7:35 pm to StansberryRules
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Gameday has come to Tuscaloosa a gazillion times, it's probably hard to find a guest picker that's relevant that many times.
Julio Jones
Amari Cooper
Shaun Alexander
AJ McCarron
CJ Mosley
That's five off the top of my head.
Instead they picked a Vanderbilt fan who was the Guest Picker at another venue two years ago.
We have legitimate beef.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 8:19 pm to StansberryRules
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The amount of bitching about this is really embarrassing, ya'll are like teenage girls.
Thought the same. Wondered why this was thread was so long.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 8:37 pm to TideSaint
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We have legitimate beef.
If the selection of celebrity picker on gameday is on your beef list, your beef list is way, way, way too long.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 9:04 pm to StansberryRules
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If the selection of celebrity picker on gameday is on your beef list, your beef list is way, way, way too long.
What?
You've got it backwards.
My beef list is so short this sort of shite makes me mad.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 9:16 pm to TideSaint
I don't really give a damn what gameday does with their broadcast. There definitely seems like they trend towards doing what people are griping about when they come to Tuscaloosa. However, we're probably one of their most frequent trips and I've got to imagine, for example, Ohio State has a similar problem but we don't give a shite about their trips to Columbus.
We have our retired, greatest of all time head coach on the set every weekend and the host is a graduate. It seems much ado about nothing. The Alabama flavor is in every broadcast these days.
We have our retired, greatest of all time head coach on the set every weekend and the host is a graduate. It seems much ado about nothing. The Alabama flavor is in every broadcast these days.
Posted on 10/4/25 at 4:06 am to StansberryRules
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If they can get a celebrity guest picker that they think will drive ratings they will probably do that.
Who is watching College Gameday for the guest picker? I would be surprised if that has any real impact on ratings. Even if it did, this guy is certainly not the answer.
Posted on 10/4/25 at 8:32 am to CrimsonCrusade
Apparently his most recent set bombed hard in Austin so I would not bet on him being too funny either!
Posted on 10/4/25 at 8:35 am to Diego Ricardo
Kentucky @ #12 Georgia -20.5 (11/ABC)
Wisconsin @ #20 Michigan -16.5 (11/Fox)
Boise St @ #21 Notre Dame -19.5 (2:30/NBC)
#9 Texas -6.5 @ Florida (2:30/ESPN)
#16 Vanderbilt @ #10 Alabama -10.5 (2:30/ABC)
#11 Texas Tech -11.5 @ Houston (6/ESPN)
Colorado @ TCU -14 (6:30/Fox)
#3 Miami -4.5 @ #18 FSU (6:30/ABC)
Minnesota @ #1 Ohio State -23.5 (6:30/NBC)
Mississippi St. @ #6 Texas A&M -14 (6:45/SECN)
Wisconsin @ #20 Michigan -16.5 (11/Fox)
Boise St @ #21 Notre Dame -19.5 (2:30/NBC)
#9 Texas -6.5 @ Florida (2:30/ESPN)
#16 Vanderbilt @ #10 Alabama -10.5 (2:30/ABC)
#11 Texas Tech -11.5 @ Houston (6/ESPN)
Colorado @ TCU -14 (6:30/Fox)
#3 Miami -4.5 @ #18 FSU (6:30/ABC)
Minnesota @ #1 Ohio State -23.5 (6:30/NBC)
Mississippi St. @ #6 Texas A&M -14 (6:45/SECN)
Posted on 10/4/25 at 9:31 am to TideSaint
We go tGOAT up there to represent us.
Posted on 10/4/25 at 9:32 am to Roll Tide Ravens
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Roll Tide Ravens
You up for creating the other games thread with the TV schedule?
Posted on 10/9/25 at 3:29 pm to TideSaint
Loading Twitter/X Embed...
If tweet fails to load, click here. Looks like ESPN has gone back to selecting someone with actual ties to the host team.
Posted on 10/9/25 at 3:35 pm to TideSaint
What a surprising turn of events!
Posted on 10/9/25 at 6:57 pm to TideSaint
Yeah, but its a ESPN pushed WNBA player.
One thing I loathe more than our being screwed on celebrity picks is how much ESPN tries to shove that league down our throats
One thing I loathe more than our being screwed on celebrity picks is how much ESPN tries to shove that league down our throats
Posted on 10/9/25 at 7:56 pm to East Coast Band
Who's our most famous/fanbase loved lady sports alum right now? Luisa Blanco? Montana Fouts? Sarah Ashlee Barker?
This post was edited on 10/9/25 at 7:57 pm
Posted on 10/10/25 at 6:46 am to TideSaint
AJ McCarron should get the call next time Gameday is in Ttown
Posted on 10/10/25 at 6:47 am to TideSaint
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Shaun Alexander
I wouldnt be surprised at all if they have asked him already
Posted on 10/10/25 at 7:04 am to TideSaint
Definitely a pick to "drive the ratings."
Posted on 10/10/25 at 9:06 am to Bham Bammer
Heather Headley stars in Sweet Magnolias. has stated in interviews that she married into alabama football royalty. her husband is brian musso, johnny musso's son. p.s. shes a fantastic singer also, having toured with andrea bocelli. i think she'd be a great guest picker for bama.
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