College football fans are falling in love with Kaitlin Olson
By Sam Fariss
An Oregon alum and big-time Ducks fan, Kaitlin Olson returned to Eugene when ESPN College GameDay came to town and instantly earned the hearts of college football fans across the country.
As Olson rolled up to the stage, she made her way through the crowd alongside ESPN's Jess Sims and fans went berzerk for the Duck. Some of them even brought Olson-specific signs to the early morning broadcast.
Oregon Ducks guest picker Kaitlin Olson is on the scene at ESPN’s College GameDay!#goducks #gobucks @allysosborne https://t.co/N9Cu5BElqy pic.twitter.com/tMzdWdHoF6
— Bri Amaranthus (@BriAmaranthus) October 12, 2024
And the best sign today goes to…#collegegameday #itsalwayssunny #sweetdee #GoDucks @alwayssunny @RMcElhenney @KaitlinOlson pic.twitter.com/LxHsXuyjkE
— Samantha (@toddlerterrors) October 12, 2024
With hilarious one-liners and pretty smart picks for the slate of college football games ahead of her, Olson shared some funny personal stories and her love for the Ducks with the national audience.
bahahaha @KaitlinOlson 🐤 pic.twitter.com/j89ZiUA0SM
— Kelly Soko (@kellysoko) October 12, 2024
Olson was even able to get a quick promo about her newest role in the ABC television show High Potential while talking about primetime TV and Colorado's Prime Time.
Great job by @KaitlinOlson as @CollegeGameDay's guest picker. The @uoregon alum nailed the assignment - and the @ABC_Publicity promo for #HighPotential. #GoDucks pic.twitter.com/jXBjJRowiU
— bill hofheimer (@bhofheimer_espn) October 12, 2024
Football fans, of Oregon or not, fell for Olson's charasmatic personality and her quick-witted humor as she sat alongside the all-time great Nick Saban.
Dear ESPN & ABC,
— Big dog. (@SlayTheStupid) October 12, 2024
Please find a way to bring Kaitlin Olson back on again cause that was the best College Gameday we’ve seen in a while🏉👌😂 pic.twitter.com/H0om83awmD
Of course, as soon as the Oregon crowd started chanting "Huck the Fuskies," Olson also had to get a few jabs in at Washington as a Portland native.
Kaitlin Olson was very close to causing an issue on ESPN by saying "Huck the Fuskies"
— Owen (@Alakazam_428) October 12, 2024
And then McAfee saying "the Hucking Fuskies"
It's getting weird in Eugene. 🤣
ESPN's funny guy Pat McAfee was even laughing at Olson's jokes and agreed with almost all of her picks throughout the segment.
Kaitlin Olson, btw, needs to be the College GameDay picker every week. pic.twitter.com/WkVvUzCyXW
— Rachel Lenzi 💁🏻♀️😎 (@rachelmlenzi) October 12, 2024
Olson stayed true to her Pac-12 (or Pac-10) origins, picking California to get the win over Pittsburgh and being the lone backer of Arizona against BYU.
Kaitlin Olson College GameDay picks
- Arizona over BYU
- Call over Pitt
- Tennessee over Florida
- Texas over Oklahoma
- Ole Miss over LSU
- Colorado over K-State
- Penn State over USC
- WVU over Iowa State
- Iowa over Washington (of course)
- Oregon over Ohio State (obviously)
The No. 3 Oregon Ducks and the No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes are scheduled to kick off at 4:30 p.m. PT / 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.
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