Verne Lundquist announced as GameDay guest picker
ESPN is putting aside its Saturday rivalry with CBS, at least on its popular pregame show College GameDay.
Host Kirk Herbstreit announced Friday that Verne Lundquist will be the guest picker Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Yes Sir! Excited to have legendary @SEConCBS Verne Lundquist join us as guest picker on @CollegeGameDay – live from @AlabamaFTBL on Saturday
— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) October 21, 2016
Lundquist is in his final season as the play-by-play man for CBS’ SEC game of the week. Both ESPN and CBS have rolled into Tuscaloosa for the top 10 showdown between undefeated SEC West leaders No. 1 Alabama and No. 6 Texas A&M.
The Tide and Aggies kickoff at 3:30 p.m. ET on CBS.