Don’t look know, but it appears “College GameDay” has a little love for Auburn.
Bryan Harsin’s Tigers travel to College Station to face Texas A&M. The Aggies are a 4.5-point favorite, but that didn’t faze the guys on the popular college football pre-game show on Saturday.
“Bryan Harsin has this team playing really well,” Kirk Herbstreit said. “They have been playing in an underdog role, so I don’t know how they respond to all these people saying nice things about them. I hope they show up in a bad mood and play well. I’m going Auburn. It’s going to be hard to win there.
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Desmond Howard picked the Tigers as his super dog, the special upset pick the panel makes every week: “Come on, Bo Nix, I need you,” he said.
Celebrity picker Nick Lachey was the only member of the panel to give the nod to Jimbo Fisher’s team.
“I’ve heard a lot about Auburn on the set today, but A&M is such a tough place to play,” he said. “I’m going A&M.”
The guys also took the time to talk Alabama-LSU. Alabama coach Nick Saban joined the broadcast earlier in the day to the chorus of boos. The Tide is a 28.5-point favorite over Ed Orgeron’s Tigers, per Las Vegas Insider.
“I don’t know if you saw my most driven player, Bryce Young. It tells you everything you need to know about this game. Alabama big over LSU,” Howard said.
“I love coach O. Obviously, they want to play week for him as the season kind of winds down, but Alabama’s just got too much,” Lachey said.
Corso added: “Alabama gets another big win.
Here are the rest of the picks, including a few SEC games.
Texas-Iowa State
- Howard: Iowa State
- Lachey: Iowa State
- Corso: Texas
- Herbstreit: Iowa State
Baylor-TCU
- Howard: Baylor
- Lachey: Baylor
- Corso: Baylor
- Herbstreit: Baylor
Oklahoma State-West Virginia
- Howard: OSU
- Lachey: OSU
- Corso: OSU
- Herbstreit: OSU
Michigan State-Purdue
- Howard: Michigan State
- Lachey: Purdue
- Corso: Purdue
- Herbstreit: Michigan State
Clemson-Louisville
- Howard: Clemson
- Lachey: Louisville
- Corso: Clemson
- Herbstreit: Clemson
Wake Forest-North Carolina
- Howard: Wake Forest
- Lachey: Wake Forest
- Corso: North Carolina
- Herbstreit: North Carolina
Liberty-Ole Miss
- Howard: Ole Miss
- Lachey: Ole Miss
- Corso: Ole Miss
- Herbstreit: Liberty
Tennessee-Kentucky
- Howard: Tennessee
- Lachey: Tennessee
- Corso: Tennessee
- Herbstreit: Kentucky
LSU-Alabama
- Howard: Alabama
- Lachey: Alabama
- Corso: Alabama
- Herbstreit: Alabama
Auburn-Texas A&M
- Howard: Auburn
- Lachey: Texas A&M
- Corso: Auburn
- Herbstreit: Auburn
Oregon-Washington
- Howard: Oregon
- Lachey: Oregon
- Corso: Oregon
- Herbstreit: Oregon
Tulsa-Cincinnati
- Howard: Cincinnati
- Lachey: Cincinnati
- Corso: Cincinnati
- Herbstreit: Cincinnati
Mark Heim is a sports reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim.
