College GameDay recently announced they are coming to Nashville for the highly anticipated matchup of the No. 10 Vanderbilt Commodores and No. 15 Missouri Tigers. The ESPN college football broadcast, which is famous for its pre-game commentary, announced on Oct. 23 that Nate Bargatze would be joining them as their <\/span>celebrity guest picker<\/span><\/a> for Week 9. Shortly following this announcement, ESPN Press Room announced that musical guests Kenny Chesney and Dierks Bentley (B.A. \u201897) will be performing on Wyatt Lawn during the event. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Bargatze is a Nashville native and comedian, known for his family-friendly stand-up routines. In the past, he\u2019s shared that he\u2019s been a<\/span> Vanderbilt Commodores fan since<\/span> childhood<\/span><\/a>. After hosting Saturday Night Live last fall, he gave a special shoutout to <\/span>Vanderbilt Football\u2019s historic win<\/span><\/a> over Alabama during curtain call. Bargatze announced his participation this week via video on College GameDay\u2019s official Instagram page.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cEverything I\u2019ve ever dreamed of, worked towards, is happening Saturday. College GameDay, at Vanderbilt. I am the celebrity guest picker,\u201d Bargatze said.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The reaction from the Vanderbilt community is positive overall, with one student expressing his enthusiasm about the choice. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s great that they\u2019ve invited Nate Bargatze! He and Saban have a lot in common <\/span>\u2014 both incredibly deadpan guys in their delivery. I love Bargatze for his clean comedy and can\u2019t wait to watch him cheer on the \u2018Dores<\/span>,\u201d first-year John Thomas Mintz said.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Nick Saban is one of the on-screen analysts for ESPN\u2019s College GameDay. Saban, a renowned former Alabama head coach, is widely known by Commodore nation for his quote referring to Vanderbilt as the only \u201cnot hard to play\u201d team in the SEC. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n GameDay is also putting the music in Music City, as there will be a special live performance from country artists Kenny Chesney and Dierks Bentley. Chesney, known for his hits like \u201cNo Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems\u201d is a Tennessee native. Bentley is a Vanderbilt class of \u201897 alumnus and is known for the songs \u201cWhat Was I Thinkin\u2019\u2019\u201d and \u201cLiving.\u201d Both will be taking the stage this week during the GameDay time slot, and this announcement has students buzzing in anticipation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>\u201cI am so excited to have country music legends on Wyatt Lawn. They are going to enhance the College GameDay experience tenfold,\u201d first-year Lilianna Melo said.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Overall, Saturday is shaping up to be an eventful day full of exciting guests and Vanderbilt football. Get your best sign-making skills and field goal kicks ready \u2014 they might just be broadcasted live!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source vanderbilthustler.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" College GameDay recently announced they are coming to Nashville for the highly anticipated matchup of the No. 10 Vanderbilt Commodores and No. 15 Missouri Tigers. 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