Star Timothée Chalamet wandered off from his indie roots and artistic personality to enter the world of college football on Saturday when he appeared on ESPN's “College GameDay” as a visitor football expert, choosing his winners for the extremely prepared for championship game video games.
The 28-year-old, who is set to star in the Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” opening Christmas Day, forecasted Texas would conquer the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC champion. The video game is the greatest of the night.
“This is a Longhorns success,” the French star stated together with “GameDay” host Rece Davis, previous NFL kicker Pat McAfee and previous Alabama head coach Nick Saban.
Throughout the popular pregame program, Chalamet anticipated Oregon would remove Penn State in the Big Ten champion.
Chalamet, whose covers of “Like a Rolling Stone” and “Girl From the North Country” were launched on Friday, didn't stop there while trying to display his sports acumen to an across the country audience.
When it concerned the Big 12 champion, he selected the red-hot Sun Devils of Arizona State to bring home the prize versus Iowa State.
“I'm pulling for Arizona State today,” he stated throughout the telecast.
In the Sun Belt Conference, Chalamet picked Louisiana over Marshall.
“Billy Napier's legend stays, the defense is strong,” he joked, describing how the existing Florida Gators head coach when held the very same position at Louisiana.
And in a twist, the star forecasted preferred Miami of Ohio would lose to in-state competing Ohio University in the MAC champion.
“These groups are 2-2 in their last 4 matches. I'm going underdog, Bobcats,” he stated.
Showing his flexibility as a sports master, Chalamet selected Southern Methodist University to beat Clemson.
“It smells like the 1980s, folks,” he stated.
In the SWAC champion, Chalamet chose Jackson State University over Southern.
“I'm choosing Jackson State,” he stated on the broadcast. “This ought to be a simple win for them.”
Bob Dylan applauded both the movie and Chalamet, who plays the famous singer-songwriter in the motion picture, previously today in a post on X.
“There's a motion picture about me opening quickly called A Complete Unknown (what a title!),” Dylan composed.
Deon J. Hampton
Deon J. Hampton is a nationwide press reporter for NBC News.
