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"The Rock" goes with Shedeur for ESPN GameDay pick

The "Worldwide Leader in Sports" announced Friday Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson would be their guest picker, and he didn't disappoint. When it came time for him to reveal who he thought would win today's Rocky Mountain Showdown, the entertainment icon pulled off his jacket to reveal a Shedeur Sanders jersey
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"The Rock" goes with Shedeur for ESPN GameDay pick
"The Rock" goes with Shedeur for ESPN GameDay pick

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ESPN's College GameDay was everything it was advertised to be on Saturday.

The "Worldwide Leader in Sports" announced Friday Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson would be their guest picker, and he didn't disappoint. When it came time for him to reveal who he thought would win today's Rocky Mountain Showdown, the entertainment icon pulled off his jacket to reveal a Shedeur Sanders jersey.

Johnson has a relationship with the Sanders family that goes back decades and starting with Coach Prime. He spent time around Shedeur while on the campus of Jackson State for XFL tryouts two years ago. The former WWE Champion was also a standout at the University of Miami, with exactly one recruiting cycle between Sanders before he left Florida State for the NFL.

Deion Sanders gives Lil Wayne custom CU jersey

Lee Corso passed a milestone on Saturday with his 400th headgear pick. The longtime ESPN analyst thanked the network for sticking with him after he suffered a stroke in 2009. He teared up while reflecting on his accomplishments.

Colorado faces Colorado State for the Centennial Cup on Saturday night. A 10 p.m. ET kickoff on ESPN. 

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Josh Tolle
JOSH TOLLE

Josh Tolle is a writer covering college sports for On SI. Outside of storytelling, the multi-talented broadcaster has play-by-play experience at the professional and collegiate levels. In 2018, he began calling games for the National Women’s Soccer League. He has also called games for the United Soccer League, Concacaf, and the U.S. Open Cup. He has called hockey for the Premier Hockey Federation for the past three seasons and was the play-by-play voice for the Superior RoughRiders of the Western Hockey League. He has provided play-by-play for various other sports including football, basketball, baseball and volleyball events. Since 2015, Tolle has been the voice of Colorado School of Mines Athletics having called football, men's and women's basketball and soccer. He previously wrote for SB Nation.

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