Oops: Social media is calling out Emmitt Smith after College GameDay gaffe
Every now and then, analysts get certain teams confused. That’s what happened on ESPN’s College GameDay on Saturday.
Celebrity guest picker Emmitt Smith, a Florida legend and NFL Hall of Famer, was in town to discuss the Auburn-Florida game, and it’s clear he didn’t do his homework on Kansas or Kansas State. Interestingly, Smith was already in town due to his son, EJ, taking an official visit to Florida. Smith’s son is a 4-star running back and ranked in the top five all-purpose backs in the nation, according to 247Sports Composite Rankings.
As you can see in the clip below during the picks portion of the show, Smith talks about Les Miles not having things going at Kansas when picking the Baylor-Kansas State game:
Here’s Emmitt Smith picking Baylor over Kansas State because Les Miles is still trying to get things right at Kansas seconds after Rece Davis said Kansas plays Oklahoma. pic.twitter.com/BjNF3K90eM
— Yahoo Sports College Football (@YahooSportsCFB) October 5, 2019
Baylor may end up winning, but the Bears won’t be getting that win against Kansas. No, the Wildcats are who they’re playing instead. People were quick to call Smith out on Twitter:
Listen I can’t be absolutely sure Emmitt has ever been to Kansas. He’s from Florida. You can’t hold that against him.
— Four&0DB (@OurDailyBears) October 5, 2019
Stellar @CollegeGameDay prep by Emmitt Smith saying Baylor will beat Kansas State because Les Miles doesn’t have the players yet.
— sarcasticswede (@sarcasticswede) October 5, 2019
Emmitt Smith on college gameday just referred to us as Kansas, and thinks Les Miles is our coach. And no one corrected him. He is no longer my favorite Cowboy
— Nordy_Jelson (@NordyJelson) October 5, 2019
Hey Emmitt Smith Les Miles is the coach at Kansas. Reece Davis the pros pro says “I think you were looking for ….”. Emmitt “I am picking Toledo and I have no idea why”. Good lord do a little preparation if you are going to be on national tv. Embarrassing. lol.
— Jonathan Coachman (@TheCoachrules) October 5, 2019
Emmitt Smith thinks Les Miles is the coach of Kansas State. #CollegeGameDay pic.twitter.com/8CjbK8HuzH
— joe Babu Frik schiavi (@ScoundrelPrez) October 5, 2019
Ah. Emmitt Smith doesn’t know the difference between Kansas and Kansas State. But then again he doesn’t seem to know much about any of the picks. Years ago, he won me money in fantasy football though, so I still like him.
— Dan Thalmann (@Backroadsnews) October 5, 2019
Hopefully the team ended up in Manhattan and not Lawrence.
