Who should be ESPN’s College GameDay celebrity guest for Duke-Notre Dame? Results
DURHAM — ESPN’s College GameDay will showcase Duke football for the first time ahead of the 17th-ranked Blue Devils’ matchup with No. 11 Notre Dame on Saturday at Wallace Wade Stadium.
Kickoff at Duke is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on ABC. Lee Corso wanted College GameDay’s football crew to select Duke as its destination in Week 5 and ESPN followed through with that request.
Each week, the show welcomes a celebrity guest picker on set to predict winners of select college football games. Darius Rucker, Joe Namath, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and Vince Vaughn were the guest pickers in the first four stops of the season.
Ken Jeong announced Thursday that he would be the guest picker for this weekend's game in Durham.
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The Fayetteville Observer offered seven guesses for Duke’s guest picker, but now’s your chance to voice your opinion before ESPN announces its pick.
Here are the results from the poll.
Coach K (46.5%)
Former Duke basketball coach
Connection: A five-time national champion, Krzyzewski retired with the most wins in college basketball history.
Ken Jeong (13.9%)
Longtime actor and comedian
Connection: A Duke alum and regular at Cameron Indoor Stadium, Jeong finished second in the poll but ended up being GameDay's pick for Saturday's show.
Steve Spurrier (11.6%)
Former Duke football coach
Connection: Spurrier got his start as a head coach at Duke and led the Blue Devils to an ACC championship in 1989.
Christian Laettner (7.9%)
Former Duke basketball player
Connection: Laettner was a part of Duke's first two national championships in 1991-92. He's considered one of college basketball's all-time greats.
Daniel Jones (6.2%)
Former Duke quarterback
Connection: A star quarterback for the Blue Devils, Jones was a top-10 pick by the NFL's New York Giants.
JJ Redick (5.6%)
Former Duke basketball player
Connection: One of the greatest shooters in college basketball history, Redick left Duke as its all-time leading scorer.
Staff writer Rodd Baxley can be reached at rbaxley@fayobserver.com or @RoddBaxley on X/Twitter.
This article originally appeared on The Fayetteville Observer: Vote on ESPN’s College Game guest picker for Duke-Notre Dame
