Pat McAfee and Kirk Herbstreit apologize for picking SMU over Wake Forest on College GameDay
Wake Forest, the 13th-ranked team in the country, entered its road matchup against unranked SMU as a 2.5-point underdog and proved the oddsmakers just as wrong as College GameDay hosts Pat McAfee and Kirk Herbstreit.
Key points
- WEEK 9 AP TOP 25 POLL MAKES A MOCKERY OF WAKE FOREST AND A LAUGHABLE OVERREACTION TO USC'S WIN OVER BUCKEYES Fast-forward to halftime — SMU was down 42-0.
- SMU has a high-powered offense that put up 51 on Virginia Tech last week, but as they acknowledged in the apology video, Wake Forest has looked great too.
- Picking winners each week is not easy, unless you’re Steve Young, who went perfect as the guest picker when College GameDay visited BYU this season.
ESPN RIPPED BY FANS FOR HORRIFIC 'COLLEGE GAMEDAY' DECISION: 'RUINED THE SHOW!' "I don't know what we were thinking," McAfee added as Herbstreit agreed.
Additional details
- Wake is real," McAfee said as Herbstreit put his arm around his colleague.
- The game wasn't close from the get-go, so McAfee and Herbstreit took to social media to provide a little humor and humility for their poor pick.
- What happened to SMU in north Texas was not just a beatdown.
- The Demon Deacons have averaged over 50 points over the last three games.
- But sometimes, when you’re wrong, you’re really wrong.
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