Jelly Roll, country music star, has stern message for Saban when picking Alabama-Tennessee on GameDay
Jelly Roll made his thoughts on Nick Saban on Saturday.
The country music star joined ESPN’s College GameDay as the celebrity picker from Athens ahead of Georgia’s game with Ole Miss.
Jelly Roll, who tried his luck at Pat McAfee’s kicking contest, directed his Alabama-Tennessee pick at the former Alabama coach.
“I have dreamed of the day I got to meet the legendary coach Nick Saban, so I can look him in the eye and tell him my family respected and admired you just as much as they hated you because my father was a Vanderbilt fan and the rest of that house bled orange,” Jelly Roll said. “They’re in Tuscaloosa, but the rest of the world wishes they were down in ole Rocky Top. I stand here today saying Tennessee Vols pull the upset in Tuscaloosa, baby. (Tennessee quarterback Joey) Aguilar is coming in on fire. The Tennessee Vols are ready. (Tennessee coach Josh) Heupel’s not going to let us down. It’s feeling like the late ‘90s in Knoxville, baby.”
Kirk Herbstreit deadpanned: “Good stuff. I’m going Bama.”
In fact, so did the panel.
“This is two very explosive offenses, and I think this will be a very high-scoring game,” Saban said. “Since we’re playing in Tuscaloosa, I’m gonna go with Bama.”
McAfee pointed to the 15 game home-winning streak.
“I think that continues,” McAfee said. “I believe the Bama boys will sparking up the stogies at the end of this particular game. It may be the best rivalry in the entire SEC.”
Here are the rest of the picks.
Ga. Tech at Duke
Howard: Ga. Tech
Saban: Ga. Tech
McAfee: Ga. Tech
Jelly Roll: Ga. Tech
Herbstreit: Ga. Tech
Texas Tech at Arizona State
Howard: Texas Tech
Saban: Texas Tech
McAfee: Texas Tech
Jelly Roll: Texas Tech
Herbstreit: Texas Tech
Utah at BYU
Howard: BYU
Saban: Utah
McAfee: BYU
Jelly Roll: BYU
Herbstreit: BYU
LSU at Vanderbilt
Howard: Vanderbilt
Saban: LSU
McAfee: Vanderbilt
Jelly Roll: Vanderbilt
Herbstreit: Vanderbilt
Washington at Michigan
Howard: Michigan
Saban: Washington
McAfee: Michigan
Jelly Roll: Michigan
Herbstreit: Michigan
USC at Notre Dame
Howard: USC
Saban: Notre Dame
McAfee: Notre Dame
Jelly Roll: Notre Dame
Herbstreit: Notre Dame
Tennessee at Alabama
Howard: Alabama
Saban: Alabama
McAfee: Alabama
Jelly Roll: Tennessee
Herbstreit: Alabama
Ole Miss at Georgia
Howard: Georgia
Saban: Georgia
McAfee: Georgia
Jelly Roll: Georgia
Herbstreit: No pick
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