Timothée Chalamet joined ESPN’s College GameDay on Saturday from the SEC championship game between No. 2 Texas and No. 5 Georgia, and the Dune actor didn’t disappoint with his appearance. In fact, he impressed college football fans quite a bit, beyond putting up $400,000 on the field goal challenge (and almost regretting it).
Turns out, Chalamet KNOWS BALL, and he showed off his college football knowledge when making his picks with Nick Saban, Desmond Howard, Kirk Herbstreit and Pat McAfee.
ESPN delivered a supercut of all Chalamet’s GameDay picks, and sure, he had notes in front of him like a lot of guest pickers, but he clearly watches the sport and knows what he’s talking about. He had stats and program culture knowledge to back up his predictions, and he was absolutely captivating.
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET ELITE BALL KNOWLEDGE 😤 😂 @RealChalamet pic.twitter.com/Vci23UK8nx
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) December 7, 2024
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For his conference championship picks, Chalamet went with Jackson State over Southern in the SWAC game, Ohio over Miami (Ohio) in the MAC game, Louisiana over Marshall in the Sun Belt game, Arizona State over Iowa State in the Big 12 game, SMU over Clemson in the ACC game, Oregon over Penn State in the Big Ten game and Texas over Georgia in the SEC game.
Hilariously, Chalamet’s rationale for picking the Longhorns over the Bulldogs boiled down to his Interstellar “movie dad,” Matthew McConaughey, and apologized to Georgia fans for his pick.
College football fans loved Timothée Chalamet’s College GameDay picks
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— Will Manso (@WillManso) December 7, 2024
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he shall know your ways as if born to them https://t.co/URlLxAFhb0
— bjorknowitzki bsky (@bjorknowitzki) December 7, 2024
Former theater kids know ball https://t.co/lhaRkqMCZw
— jeremy chandler taché (@jeremytache) December 7, 2024
Timmy!! https://t.co/IxADvaN9kj pic.twitter.com/Q541savJS0
— Alex Gentry (@al_g37) December 7, 2024
Who knew?! @RealChalamet is the CFB dude. Shows up some of the great ones with savvy and style.
Hey, if that Hollywood thing don’t work, sign him up, ESPN. Maybe a playoff duo with Eric Dickerson?
Go Pony Express. https://t.co/0L1yQNCddL
— John Stackhouse (@StackhouseJohn) December 7, 2024
I could listen to @RealChalamet talk football for hours. #ManCrushMonday https://t.co/bRAv1QSw5W
— Dom (@snarfmaster) December 7, 2024
Legend https://t.co/XtZ0gLQoyQ
— T-Bob Hebert (@TBob53) December 7, 2024
Not a soul should be surprised that Chalamet is good at this https://t.co/AvJ1SBwnvk
— Sam Dekker (@dekker) December 7, 2024
He might know more ball than McAfee. https://t.co/DZMOo5tpqR
— Kortay Vincent (@KortayVincent) December 7, 2024
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— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) December 7, 2024
