Tennessee fans all want the same celebrity guest picker for College GameDay

Tennessee being a host site for ESPN’s “College GameDay” has led to several well-known celebrities as possible guest pickers for the popular pregame show.

However, Tennessee fans appear to have settled on a country music legend as their choice. Dolly Parton, one of the most well-known natives of Tennessee was a popular choice, and one fan even used a lyric from a popular song in a pitch to ESPN, “Pour yourself a cup of ambition and make it happen.”

A member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, Parton’s bio describes her career accomplishments this way: She joined the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001. The Recording Academy honored her with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. She has also won 13 ACMs, 10 Grammys, and 9 CMAs as of April 2022.

Here’s a sample of some of the reactions:

We need @DollyParton as the guest picker, @CollegeGameDay.
Pour yourself a cup of ambition and make it happen. #GoVols https://t.co/ZFGkicnP1P

— Dianne Gallagher (@DianneG) September 18, 2022

Guest picker list for Gameday:

HRH The Queen of Tennessee @DollyParton

WWE Raw Women’s Champion @BiancaBelairWWE

Big Daddy Cool @RealKevinNash

IMO, the greatest inspirational speaker of all time @inkyjohnson

Lord Commander of @Vol_Baseball , Coach Vitello

— Deuce (@LMFGBMFO) September 18, 2022

You’ve done a great job of listening to the fans. Listen to us one more time, and use your influence to bring @DollyParton in as the guest picker.

— Brian Hunsucker (@Hunsucker4) September 18, 2022

Guest picker Dolly Parton

— Gene Harrogate (@suttree007) September 18, 2022

Please bring @DollyParton on as the guest picker for @CollegeGameDay

???????????? #tennesseefootball #FLAvsUTK

— Patrick Gould (@PGiddy_) September 18, 2022

We want @DollyParton for guest picker on @CollegeGameDay

— Coach Uncle Rico (@UTCoachRico) September 18, 2022

We want @DollyParton as the guest picker!

— Andrew Snyder (@ajsnyder_16) September 18, 2022

There’s only one right answer for the guest picker this week for @CollegeGameDay at @UTKnoxville ⬇️ @DollyParton pic.twitter.com/nqHpjuOhlF

— Jordan Prewitt (He/Him) (@jordanprewitt) September 18, 2022

Dolly Parton should be guest picker! @DollyParton, what do you say?! #makeithappen #Vols #VolTwitter

— Andrew Snyder (@ajsnyder_16) September 18, 2022

Keith Farner

A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.