Barack Obama and Tiger Woods to Appear on ESPN's College GameDay?
ByESPN's College GameDay show has set its sights on two new guest analysts for the upcoming season: President Barack Obama and Tiger Woods, Sports Illustrated reported.
The show has featured celebrities and athletes alike as guests on the show to pick the winners of the day's games. Past guests have included LeBron James, Matt Ryan, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Kenny Chesney and Ryan Lochte.
ESPN senior coordinating producer said Woods' representatives and White House officials have both expressed interest in getting Tiger and Obama, respectively, on the show.
Woods attended Stanford University for two years on a golf scholarship and the football team is entering the season ranked seventh overall. Obama's education is primarily in Ivy League and law schools, but has always been an avid sports fan.
"The President has expressed interest and as crazy as it sounds, he might come whenever he can fit in," said Fitting, who has produced GameDay for the last 10 years. "It sounds crazy to even talk about, I know. Tiger has also expressed interest and we have talked to his agent, Mark Steinberg. He just has to work it into his schedule. We are talking about going to Stanford for it."
College GameDay has been a widely popular TV show for fans at college football games and for viewers at home. The ESPN analyst crew of Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, Desmond Howard and Chris Fowler go to the site of whichever game received the most hype that week. They analyze that game heavily and also pick the winners of the other games that week.
The presence of the crew often causes a huge turnout of college students and fans, who will often be allowed to volunteer on the set and meet the ESPN personalities.
Fitting said that viewers should look forward to more opinions from the analysts.
"I want more opinion," Fitting said. "I don't want screaming. I don't want yelling. I don't want slamming the desk. That's not what our show is about. But I do want people to take a side and be passionate about it. Now, our guys on set already have good opinions. This isn't an overhaul of the show. We just want to keep strong opinions coming."
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