When Ohio University quarterback Parker Navarro woke up Saturday morning to get ready for the MAC Championship game, you can imagine he didn’t expect to hear his name come out of Lisan Al-Gaib’s mouth.
On this week’s episode of College GameDay, broadcast live from the SEC Championship game in Atlanta, actor Timothee Chalamet appeared as a “guest selector” during the show’s visit.
There are only six FBS college football games scheduled this week as we enter the conference championship phase of the season.
But that didn’t stop Chalamet – or anyone close to him – from doing his homework and compiling facts and statistics about every game that weekend.
From the first game the panel predicted, Chalamet showed he had an understanding of ballplayers (including Navarro), statistics and trends that only the most well-read college football fans would know.
His knowledge amazed the College GameDay panel of Desmond Howard, Pat McAfee, Kirk Herbstreit, Rece Davis and Nick Saban. Many college football fans were also impressed.
Actor Timothee Chalamet wowed College GameDay with his knowledge of college football
At one point, Chalamet covered for Pat McAfee after picking the Ohio Bobcats to win the MAC
Social media was flooded with references to ‘Dune’ – in which Chalamet plays main character Paul Atreides.
“I think I speak for all of us when I say: you have our respect, Timothee,” wrote an account on X, formerly Twitter.
Another message read: ‘Never doubt this man’s ball skills again.’
‘I wasn’t sure why he was there, but the boy did his research! He was amazing!,” said another user. Another message simply said: ‘Well then… he just got hotter.’
Others seemed to cast doubt on whether Chalamet actually knew what he was talking about or if he was just reading lines off a page.
“Someone is giving him texts haha,” one skeptic wrote. Another said: ‘Yes, we all know it was staged. Yeah, it was still hilarious.”
“Honestly, if it’s actual Ball knowledge, that’s incredible, but even if it’s just acting, it’s damn good acting from him. Either way, I have new respect for him,” read another post.
Fans were confused when Chalamet was announced as the guest selector earlier this week, but now it appears he has proven those doubters wrong.