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College GameDay crew, AJ Hawk make picks for SEC Playoff and bowl games
By Adam Spencer
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College GameDay was live from Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday morning ahead of a first-round College Football Playoff game between No. 8 Ohio State and No. 9 Tennessee.
Former Ohio State LB AJ Hawk joined the ESPN crew of Rece Davis, Desmond Howard, Nick Saban, Pat McAfee, Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit to pick some key SEC bowl games and the 2 first-round CFP matchups involving schools from the conference.
There are some great bowl matchups even outside of the Playoff, such as South Carolina-Illinois, Alabama-Michigan and more.
Below, check out who Hawk and the GameDay crew like for the Playoff games and other bowl matchups:
Birmingham Bowl: Vanderbilt vs. Georgia Tech
- Desmond: Vanderbilt
- Saban: Georgia Tech
- McAfee: Georgia Tech
- Hawk: Georgia Tech
- Corso: Georgia Tech
- Herbstreit: Georgia Tech
Las Vegas Bowl: Texas A&M vs. USC
- Desmond: Texas A&M
- Saban: Texas A&M
- McAfee: Texas A&M
- Hawk: Texas A&M
- Corso: Texas A&M
- Herbstreit: Texas A&M
ReliaQuest Bowl: Alabama vs. Michigan
- Desmond: Michigan
- Saban: Alabama
- McAfee: Alabama
- Hawk: Alabama
- Corso: Alabama
- Herbstreit: Michigan
Cheez-It Citrus Bowl: South Carolina vs. Illinois
- Desmond: South Carolina
- Saban: South Carolina
- McAfee: South Carolina
- Hawk: South Carolina
- Corso: South Carolina
- Herbstreit: South Carolina
No. 12 Clemson at No. 5 Texas
- Desmond: Texas
- Saban: Texas
- McAfee: Texas
- Hawk: Texas
- Corso: Texas
- Herbstreit: Texas
No. 9 Tennessee at No. 8 Ohio State
- Desmond: Ohio State
- Saban: Ohio State
- McAfee: Ohio State
- Hawk: Ohio State
- Corso: Ohio State
- Herbstreit: No pick (he’s calling the game)
Will the crew be proven right? How will Hawk fare compared to current celebrity guest pick leader Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies? We’ll find out over an exciting postseason slate of college football!
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
