Despite cries from fans from across the country that ESPN College GameDay should pick the first lady of Tennessee, Dolly Parton, as their guest picker for this weekend’s Tennessee-Florida showcase, the show went in a different direction.
ESPN has selected WWE wrestler Bianca Belair as their guest picker for the Vols game against the Florida Gators.
Belair, whose real name is Bianca Blair Crawford, is a Knoxville native and attended the University of Tennessee where she was an All-SEC athlete in 2011 and 2012. Beliar ran track while she attended Tennessee and join the WWE in 2016. She is currently RAW’s Women’s Champion.
Beliar seemed extremely excited about being a guest picker, which has become a tradition anytime GameDay visits a college campus, but so many people were hoping that Dolly Parton would make a guest appearance. Still, Beliar is a huge star in her own right, so a lot of fans are probably very familiar with her, so this wasn’t a bad pick by the show.
Fans across the country were excited to hear Beliar was the guest picker.
But not every fan was excited about the announcement.
https://twitter.com/jabot97/status/1573442305008324611
Really??
— Tina R. (@tenntinavolfan) September 23, 2022
It should be a fun Saturday morning no matter what team you pulling for in this game.