ESPN College Gameday Show Thread, 2026-09-26

[u/CFB_Referee]

If you want a little ting in your tang tang, you can discuss and post anything related to the show (signs, screencaps, videos, etc) here.

[u/PenOwn2479]

And here, we'll prove how prepared we are right now!

[u/MankatoSquirtz]

Oh look. Sark and Holly are back again!

[u/-Gnostic28]

Did they mention us

[u/gwizantor90]

great job by johnny today

[u/HurricanesFan → u/gwizantor90]

He should replace Pat

[u/cfbluvr2]

Kirk and fowler at 10am mst is throwing me off

Why is this not a night game? bc us vs lsu had to be night?

[u/Tachyon9]

Rocky top is so fun and so annoying at the same time.

[u/Lane-Kiffin → u/Tachyon9]

If a marching band annoys the other team and gets in their head, then that means they’re doing a great fucking job. I wish all college band directors knew this instead of treating football games like DCI competitions.

[u/dbarke29]

Pat just talks too much man. Hes funny but just say what you want to say. Not everything has to be a WWE intro

[u/TTNPMoonMan]

Man I did not know people didn’t like Johnny Knoxville. I would’ve assumed that he was one of the most well liked celebrities. Guess I must hang out with an unpopular crowd

[u/kyrev21]

Love how Pat tries to convince us he wasn’t going to pick the home team

[u/TheVolmannBrothers]

PUT KNOXVILLE OUT THERE WE NEED HIM

[u/FuckJerry78]

They flew them San Antonio girls in from Dallas

[u/Gryffindumble]

I think Nick Saban was a little annoyed with Johnny 😆 🤣

[u/OtherwiseDistance113 → u/Gryffindumble]

His facial expressions crack me up. You never have to guess what he is thinking.

[u/Jonjon428]

Let's goooo

[u/cn0285]

Hey I’ll take a split pick panel, it’s always better than a clean sweep

[u/childish_albino23]

Pat picking the home team I’m shocked

[u/Mythrandir24]

Wow Pat picked the home team, what a surprise

[u/Young-Viiperr]

Nick Saban: "Let me leave"

[u/2th]

I do not support Pat jinxing us.

[u/FrostTroll69]

Knoxville was great

[u/HurricanesFan → u/FrostTroll69]

I wish they'd replace Pat with Johnny

[u/white2234]

I thought Johnny was going to head butt pat with the helmet lol

[u/needsumMoore777]

Johnny naturally has the charisma that Pat tries so hard to have

[u/texas2089]

“Arch running wild on this field like his uncle used to do”

I don’t think Peyton did a lot of running lol

[u/Dynamite_McGhee → u/texas2089]

The man famously ran a a two yard bootleg against Bama that took 8-9 business days to finish.

[u/romulusjsp]

Full crowd singing Rocky Top is electric

[u/yoshidawg93]

TIME FOR THE GAMES! CELEBRATE AND ENJOY ANOTHER COLLEGE FOOTBALL SATURDAY EVERYONE!!!!

[u/HowardBunnyColvin]

Wait Pat did not stand up on the desk and sing Rocky Top? Or did he do that 2 hours earlier?

[u/Broncos4ever24]

Johnny Knoxville looking old

[u/YippieKayYayMrFalcon → u/Broncos4ever24]

His career was drugs and hitting his head on stuff

[u/MinuteBalance7226 → u/Broncos4ever24]

He is 55… do you know any people in their mid 50s? He looks great

[u/Broncos4ever24 → u/MinuteBalance7226]

I haven’t seen him since like 2010ish

[u/Peter_Panarchy]

lol Saban does not like Knoxville

[u/Status-Duck → u/Peter_Panarchy]

Saban hates America

[u/ALStark69]

Lol that clarinet player got caught not playing

[u/IRandaddyI]

Bruhh lmao

[u/hawtothehee]

This is the most awkward, unfunny guest picker segment ever

[u/Fromunda_Cheese → u/hawtothehee]

You’re the most awkward, unfunny commenter ever

[u/InternCautious]

Johnny looks like grown up Stewart Little in that helmet

[u/Lifted_Cube_2413]

UTI is crazy 

[u/2th]

I support Johnny Knoxville.

[u/derbra]

Is that Rodrigo Blankenship?

[u/Lykeuhfox]

Texas beat Ohio State. Therefore, hook'em. Respect.

[u/MinuteBalance7226 → u/Lykeuhfox]

I mean them losing makes OSU look worse so I would cheer for Vols

[u/CrashingBlumpkins46]

The real UT is University of Tampa.

Don't believe me?

www.ut.edu

[u/H6I5MAN]

Arch manning is literally DJU

[u/cn0285 → u/H6I5MAN]

Well yes, but also no. Mainly no

[u/clemsontyger → u/H6I5MAN]

Uh no

[u/Mc_Shank]

UTI 💀

[u/FrostTroll69]

Get the goal post tracker ready

[u/HowardBunnyColvin]

UTI lol

[u/FrostTroll69]

I would rather listen to rocky top on a 1 hr loop than hear that guy sing the national anthem one time

[u/OtherwiseDistance113 → u/FrostTroll69]

Agreed. My glasses are not orange enough for me to say that was a good performance.

[u/downvotemesensei → u/FrostTroll69]

Rocky top is easily one of the best songs in college football.

[u/HowardBunnyColvin]

Nick referencing the goalposts in the river lol

[u/NOTtigerking]

That was fergie levels of uncomfortable

[u/downvotemesensei]

Fire Pat!

[u/white2234]

lol Kirk was like oh fuck I have to call the game I gotta go

[u/Empty_Occasion_963]

Who are you guy's picking for upsets?

[u/kyrev21]

Did they skip Ole Miss Florida?

[u/Hunter1127 → u/kyrev21]

Nah they did it 

[u/CfbFan2000 → u/kyrev21]

Nah they picked ole miss across the board except Kirk 

[u/wahoo20 → u/kyrev21]

No most went ole miss, kirk picked florida

[u/SnooPeripherals4513 → u/kyrev21]

No it was right before the anthem

[u/kyrev21 → u/SnooPeripherals4513]

lol I forgot because I was reacting to the pregame prayer

[u/kgaviation → u/kyrev21]

All picked Ole Miss except Herbstreit

[u/w0000h]

One step away from Borat singing the national anthem there

[u/iLikeEmMashed]

Do they actually listen to these singers before they allow them to do their thing?

[u/tr1cube]

Should’ve just been the band playing it, no lyrics.

[u/Dynamite_McGhee → u/tr1cube]

It's been The Pride and a member of the music school faculty for decades.

[u/ProfessionalLob]

What's the weather like in Knoxville today?

[u/arbitrator06 → u/ProfessionalLob]

Google said 67. Soon to be 69.

[u/marchano85]

What the fuck was that anthem lol

[u/LOLteacher]

Our fans should've made a Bevo head in their section to f with the checkerboard.

[u/kerph32 → u/LOLteacher]

That would have been badass tbh

[u/LOLteacher → u/kerph32]

It would complement the checkerboard, actually, which would make it more fun for all.

[u/ilovecatss1010]

Pat cracking up at the anthem bro I’m dying

[u/Smithmonkey98]

They caught the radio broadcast right at 12, can't believe I'm missing these Knoxville zingers

[u/khwenger]

Why have a singer in college ball? Bands are there for a reason, especially when he can't follow tempo and gets desynced....And sounds terrible along with it.

[u/Poop_Knife37 → u/khwenger]

Yeah. Just have the band play and the crowd can sing if anything.

[u/SSJEv]

Checkered fans is very cool

[u/dbarke29]

This kind of sounds like a German guy singing what he thinks the American National Anthem is

[u/_BreakingtheHabit]

That was painful to listen to.

[u/snuffleupagus86 → u/_BreakingtheHabit]

Very

[u/ilovecatss1010]

For those of you not in gods country, it’s a god damn perfect day for football. Although this should be a night game, it’s perfect out!

[u/Rohkey → u/ilovecatss1010]

Nothing like being able to enjoy low-60s weather with the windows open drinking Oktoberfests and pumpkin beers while watching a great slate of CFB games.

[u/shark1987]

This flyover brought to you by Qatar Airways

[u/iLikeEmMashed → u/[deleted]]

That’s what I was thinking, too

[u/ChickenGlint169]

How many comments can we get of people saying to replace Pat with Johnny? Almost getting unoriginal

[u/judystroyer9]

Who did Peyton pick??

[u/HowardBunnyColvin]

Chris and Kirk doing a 12 pm game doesn't seem right

[u/New_Order_6365]

The laughing is killing me, perfect timing

[u/kdiuro13]

Icarus flew a little close to the high note sun there

[u/braves-geek]

You got one of the best bands in the country and you just ignore them

[u/Lost_Packet]

Gameday continues thru the prayer but stops for the national anthem??

[u/dogsonbubnutt → u/Lost_Packet]

lmao on brand for you 

[u/Lost_Packet → u/dogsonbubnutt]

?

[u/SavageNomad6 → u/Lost_Packet]

It's an American sport in America. But it's not a Christian sport in a Christian nation. So.... Makes sense to me.

[u/downvotemesensei]

Have the band play it or have someone sing it. Not both. That was terrible.

[u/Mindless_Luck7553]

Of all the times I heard the national anthem. That was without a doubt one of them

[u/Poop_Knife37]

That was the worst anthem since Roseanne

[u/Electrical_Iron_1161 → u/Poop_Knife37]

Fergie was pretty horrible but Roseanne and Fergie are probably 1 and 2

[u/Lykeuhfox]

That's the most beautiful garbage truck worker's convention I've ever seen. Maybe it is an orange you can sit with.

[u/JMS1991]

I believe that was a KC-135 and two F-35's?

[u/sickmemes48 → u/JMS1991]

Correct

[u/capemaygirl1999]

yikes lol

[u/ItBeLikeThat19]

Leave it to Des to ruin it

[u/FrostTroll69 → u/ItBeLikeThat19]

As always

[u/clemsontyger → u/ItBeLikeThat19]

Convinced he cackles at funerals

[u/kyrev21]

I just hope our president gets to hear this shit performance

[u/iLikeEmMashed]

This is what you call a Big Oof

[u/RoyalEngine2885]

RIP vocal chords at the end

[u/cfbluvr2]

Definitely going to neyland next year

[u/on_the_nightshift → u/cfbluvr2]

It's a really fun environment. Even as an opposing fan (though I was a local), everybody is nice and generally having a bunch of fun. Downtown is really compact with some good food/drink options, too.

[u/Cant_Win → u/cfbluvr2]

Went in 2015, I highly recommend it!

[u/FrostTroll69]

Terrible. Id rather have heard rocky top for the 1000 time today than listen to the signer

[u/dogsonbubnutt → u/FrostTroll69]

guess what you get both

[u/OkieDokieHokiePokie]

Pat mcafee laughing is a pretty rough look

[u/BoomNasty]

Where are the damn sound engineers

[u/ForkOnTheLeft_]

the laughing is so good. omfg

[u/westsouthst6]

Hot mic lol

[u/PrideSax711]

NOT MY TEMPO

[u/dbarke29]

Yikes. Tough anthem.

[u/SouthCopy8453]

Insane atmosphere

[u/dogeherodotus]

You guys are crazy, that was hilarious. Straight out of the naked gun

[u/Mc_Shank → u/dogeherodotus]

Frank: "Nice beaver."
Jane: "Thank you. I just had it stuffed."

[u/Beefcliffe → u/dogeherodotus]

Enrigo Palatzo Jr

[u/clemsontyger]

Fly overs will never not be bad ass

[u/HowardBunnyColvin → u/clemsontyger]

The Gameday moment of Pat being fired up over the Flyover is hilarious

[u/TheOnePSUIsReal]

He shouldn't have gone for it

[u/Key_Spinach]

Can’t hear the band.

[u/Status-Duck]

Airpain airpain

[u/Think-Vermicelli6619]

this guy does the National Anthem almost every game, and every game it sounds horrible

[u/Unusually_Happy_TD → u/Think-Vermicelli6619]

Why this guy? Is there a story? cause that was… interesting

[u/Think-Vermicelli6619 → u/Unusually_Happy_TD]

i think he’s the mens choir director, he did it a bunch last year and so far every hone game this year smh

[u/Phar4oh]

Knoxville is so awesome

[u/on_the_nightshift → u/Phar4oh]

It's a great town. I want to move back, honestly

[u/righarakirir]

Bruh what was that 😭

[u/UnfortunatelyUrWrong]

Holy shit that was awful. Tempo all over the place

[u/Funguyffggc]

Merica

[u/sendherhome22]

That surely was a rendition of the the national anthem

[u/DivorcingManGA]

They’re laughing at him

[u/FrostTroll69]

Jet has his dick out

[u/FLGater]

That was.......something

[u/snuffleupagus86]

That was a rough note.

[u/___VIBEZ___]

Has a question mark always been at the end

[u/OldCoaly]

Yikes

[u/ViagraOnAPole]

That note at the end

[u/kerph32]

Uhhhh yeah that wasn't a good anthem buddy

[u/cfbluvr2]

Was that air force 1 lmfao

[u/on_the_nightshift → u/cfbluvr2]

Nah, a refueler from the ANG unit at TYS, I'm sure

[u/cfbluvr2 → u/on_the_nightshift]

UhhHhh tracking

[u/213_]

The amount of times they brought up the transfer portal when talking about Taylor is just sad. Why not just praise him for being a good qb and a hometown guy

[u/PhDShouse]

The guy singing the anthem must’ve taken advantage of the half price drinks

[u/snuffleupagus86 → u/PhDShouse]

He sounds part robot lol

[u/TotesMcGotes13]

RUSHING OR DRAGGING?!?!

[u/Burnsite → u/TotesMcGotes13]

Not quite my tempo

[u/discowithmyself]

Singer and band not in time with each other.

[u/NOTtigerking → u/discowithmyself]

Maybe a sign Texas gets it done?

[u/HowardBunnyColvin]

Flyover!

[u/FrostTroll69]

Is he making up words??

[u/Dynamite_McGhee]

The mic'd singer and not mic'd band is an interesting sound.

[u/Kizmo2]

Is that Enrico Palazzo?

[u/toddlikeaboss]

Can we just have Bongo anthem please?

[u/Tuba_Chamber]

Timing is probably fine. We hear him through his mic and the band through other mics, causing the delay. Terrible choice imo

[u/Infamous-Tour-8602]

Yikes…. Hey at least he has the balls to go up there and sing it. America ! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[u/yeaIsaidYeaiwillYea]

God damn

[u/downvotemesensei]

It never makes sense to me to have someone sing the anthem while the band is also playing it. They’ll never be in sync.

[u/bsmith440]

Based and Christ pilled pre game prayer. W

[u/lowes18]

Dude would be great if he could annunciate a little more lol

[u/kyrev21]

What are those flags? Does the university have an official flag?

[u/Mysterious-Cut-4931 → u/[deleted]]

Your not going to believe this

[u/hawtothehee → u/Mysterious-Cut-4931]

You’re

[u/Mysterious-Cut-4931 → u/hawtothehee]

I’m more about tellin than spellin

[u/LiquidLight_]

It is refreshing that Knoxville is not pulling a single dang punch. He's made fun of the extra second in the WMU game like 3x, McAfee as he has a chance, and Lane Kiffen. He's clearly at least read the cliff notes on the season's controversies.

[u/OkieDokieHokiePokie]

He’s usually a good singer. Just hit the 1/2 price beer a little too hard.

[u/YodaForceGhost]

Did they show the orange dude with the fake applause piped in?

[u/childish_albino23]

Who is this guy

[u/OpaqueNightmare]

It’s inexcusable that Gameday isn’t in Tallahassee

[u/SnooPeripherals4513 → u/OpaqueNightmare]

If uca beats call I will cry

[u/NOTtigerking]

Oh for fucks sake

[u/braves-geek]

Holy fuck, this is bad.

[u/wtf242]

is it just me, or does this national anthem sound a bit bad

[u/DivorcingManGA]

I cannot tell if the guy is awful with time or just sound fucking with me

[u/Tachyon9]

Just let the band and crowd do the anthem.