ESPN host Pat McAfee raved about Tennessee fans on Saturday morning in Columbus.
With ESPN’s College GameDay set up outside of Ohio Stadium for the Saturday morning show, a nice chunk of the crowd was covered in their orange gear.
There’s no doubt that a ton of Tennessee fans are likely making the six-hour drive from Knoxville to Columbus on Saturday morning, but it looks as though many Tennessee fans who traveled on Friday made their way to the College GameDay set on Saturday morning.
“All week, they’ve been saying an invasion is coming from Rocky Top,” McAfee said as he orchestrated the Tennessee fans in the crowd to finish off the chorus of ‘Rocky Top.’
“WOAH!” host Desmond Howard exclaimed as the Tennessee fans loudly sang behind the set.
“I’ll tell you what,” McAfee said. “I don’t know if this indication — it is freezing, it is the morning, I know the students aren’t out here. Tennessee has shown up. And the SEC coming up to the Big Ten when it’s cold as hell, we shall settle the conversation here in beautiful Columbus.”
Last night in Indiana was FANTASTIC..
I COULDN’T WAIT TO GET TO…
🗣🗣O-H-I-O
TENNESSEE HAS SHOWED UP
🗣🗣ROCKY TOP YOU’LL ALWAYS BE HOME SWEET HOME TO ME #CollegeGameDay pic.twitter.com/WuAH3BwqIE
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) December 21, 2024
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Is “the invasion” starting?
It certainly looks as if the needle is moving in the right direction for Tennessee fans during GameDay on Saturday morning.
Tennessee fans sang Rocky Top and did the V-O-L-S chant all throughout the first hour of the show to let their voices be heard. Check out the program on ESPN on Saturday morning.
Stay tuned to Rocky Top Insider for more coverage from Columbus on Saturday.
8-seed Ohio State will host 9-seed Tennessee on Saturday night at 8:00 p.m. ET.
