With ESPN’s “College GameDay” traveling to UCLA for Saturday’s game against Oregon, they simply had to bring in Bill Walton as the celebrity guest picker. It was a decision that absolutely did not disappoint, either.
Walton brought his A-game in his appearance on the set, embracing his role as a college football picker by getting into his “stance” and going to “smack some of these guys around.”
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Walton injected his peculiarities into basically the entire segment. That included him interrupting the picks for Oklahoma State-Iowa State to ask what a “poke” was.
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The topper came at the end, however. Walton predictably picked UCLA to beat Oregon. So too did Lee Corso, spurning the Oregon mascot and putting on a bear head. That earned him a kiss from Walton.
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Just a masterpiece of television. Walton should be the guest picker every week.
Any time you put Walton in front of a camera, greatness tends to follow. We’ll see if he brings the Bruins good luck on Saturday afternoon.
