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Timothée Chalamet reaction: Famous actor impresses during College GameDay picks
By Adam Spencer
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Timothée Chalamet may not appear to be a guy who knows much about college football. The famous French-American actor was seemingly a strange choice as the College GameDay guest picker on Saturday morning in Atlanta ahead of the SEC Championship Game.
However, Chalamet impressed during his appearance, showing a knowledge of college football, even Group of 5 conferences like the MAC.
Chalamet, who played Texas superfan Matthew McConaughey’s son in Interstellar back in 2014, picked the Longhorns to beat Georgia in the SEC title game on Saturday afternoon.
Here’s just one look at some of the college football knowledge Chalamet was dropping on ESPN on Saturday morning:
https://twitter.com/CollegeGameDay/status/1865445177696854372
Naturally, fans were impressed with that level of knowledge from the Academy Award-nominated actor. Here’s a sampling of some of the social media reaction to Chalamet’s guest picks segment:
Timothée Chalamet discussing Sun Belt all first-team players on College Gameday https://t.co/d3IPjyIZdE pic.twitter.com/bgNLf5ax4R
— ryan (@rday2k) December 7, 2024
Fine, I’ll say it. Chalamet is the man
— Entertainment Purposes Only (@epoCFB) December 7, 2024
Me after watching Timothee Chalamet pick games on College GameDay pic.twitter.com/G8nTm3w9r1
— Michael Darcy (@michaelcdarcy) December 7, 2024
https://twitter.com/xoxojjjenna/status/1865443176955199637
The haters were wrong. Timothee Chalamet was great as a guest picker. https://t.co/EEEdZVt1Kj
— Steve Matthews (@SteveMatthews12) December 7, 2024
For anyone hating on Timothee Chalamet as the @CollegeGameDay game picker – me included – you were wrong. He killed it. Even made a reference to 1980s SMU!
— charlcies (@charlcies) December 7, 2024
First non athlete guest picker that actually knows ball. Bravo Timothee Chalamet
— Tony Bell (@T_Bell89) December 7, 2024
I was not expecting Chalamet to be a ball knower. Don’t judge a book by its cover.
— Josh Henschke (@JoshHenschke) December 7, 2024
TIMMMAAAAYYYYYY TIMMY CHALAMET IS ONE OF THE BOYS LFG #collegegameday
— Kami Nanamura (@kaminanamurica) December 7, 2024
Timothée Chalamet knows more ball than Jim Phillips.
— Alabama Pro Updates (@BamaProUpdates) December 7, 2024
Chalamet is gunning for a perfect 6-0 picks record. Based on the knowledge he showed during his guest picks segment, we wouldn’t doubt him!
We’ll see if he’s proven right as the exciting Saturday slate of conference title games gets underway. One thing is for sure, though — ESPN should absolutely consider Chalamet for a guest picker segment again at some point down the road. Fans would seemingly agree.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 14 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
