Danica Patrick was the latest professional athlete to serve as the celebrity guest picker on ESPN’s College GameDay, which was in Chicago on Saturday for the Notre Dame-Wisconsin game at Soldier Field.
Patrick was born in Wisconsin and grew up in Roscoe, Illinois, which is about two hours outside of Chicago and right on the Illinois-Wisconsin border. And the retired NASCAR and IndyCar driver made some interesting picks on GameDay — especially since she admitted her football fandom lies more with the NFL than college football.
For GameDay‘s marquee game between No. 12 Notre Dame and No. 18 Wisconsin — which kicked off at noon ET — Patrick went with the Fighting Irish.
“I feel like the Fighting Irish are gonna come through with it today,” Patrick said to the surprise of the GameDay crew.
“I think you’ve got a winner right there, nice going,” Lee Corso said to her before picking Notre Dame himself.
"Game Day Is Guac Day."
Danica Patrick came dressed for the occasion 🥑🏈 pic.twitter.com/6D2bEfgP5d
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) September 25, 2021
Patrick also picked No. 9 Clemson over N.C. State, Texas over Texas Tech, No. 19 Michigan over Rutgers, No. 20 Michigan State over Nebraska, Stanford over No. 24 UCLA, LSU over Mississippi State and Oklahoma State over No. 25 Kansas State.
She also went with Boston College over Missouri because she’s running the Boston Marathon on Oct. 11 and joked that she needs people from Boston to like her.
“You’re doing a terrific job,” Corso said to Patrick in the middle of her picks.
And here’s a look at Corso’s famous headgear pick as he went with Notre Dame.
Corso’s trusting history today …
He takes Notre Dame over Wisconsin in Chicago! ☘️ pic.twitter.com/elrhIgE3wN
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) September 25, 2021
