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President Obama and Tiger Woods May Be on College GameDay This Year
By Kyle Scott
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A bit of tid from Richard Deitsch’s sports media column on SI.com:
ESPN’s College GameDay has had its share of famous celebrity pickers — the boldfaced names includes LeBron James, Lance Armstrong, Matt Ryan, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Kenny Chesney, Lolo Jones and (infamously) Ryan Lochte — but this season the program is eyeing two of the most famous people on the planet:
Barack Obama and Tiger Woods.
ESPN Senior Coordinating Producer Lee Fitting told SI.com this week that representatives from both the White House and Woods have reached out to express interest in appearing on the show.
“The President has expressed interest and as crazy as it sounds, he might come whenever he can fit in,” said Fitting, who has produced GameDay for the last 10 years. “It sounds crazy to even talk about, I know. Tiger has also expressed interest and we have talked to his agent, Mark Steinberg. He just has to work it into his schedule. We are talking about going to Stanford for it.”
Not sure if Tiger will be any good with predictions, but Obama should do well– he can just read both teams’ game plans before he goes on-air and pretend like that’s not a big deal.
Kyle Scott is the founder and editor of CrossingBroad.com. He has written for CBS Philly and Philly Voice, and been a panelist or contributor on NBC Sports Philly, FOX 29 and SNY TV, as well as a recurring guest on 97.5 The Fanatic, 94 WIP, 106.7 The Fan and other stations. He has more than 10 years experience running digital media properties and in online advertising and marketing.