Actor Timothée Chalamet strayed from his indie roots and artsy persona to step into the world of school soccer on Saturday when he appeared on ESPN’s “College SportDay” as a visitor soccer analyst, choosing his winners for the extremely anticipated convention championship video games.
The 28-year-old, who is about to star within the Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” opening Christmas Day, predicted Texas would overcome the Georgia Bulldogs within the SEC championship. The recreation is the most important of the night time.
“This is a Longhorns victory,” the French actor stated alongside “SportDay” host Rece Davis, former NFL kicker Pat McAfee and former Alabama head coach Nick Saban.
During the favored pregame present, Chalamet predicted Oregon would take down Penn State within the Big Ten championship.
Chalamet, whose covers of “Like a Rolling Stone” and “Girl From the North Country” had been launched on Friday, didn’t cease there whereas trying to indicate off his sports activities acumen to a nationwide viewers.
When it got here to the Big 12 championship, he picked the red-hot Sun Devils of Arizona State to convey residence the trophy in opposition to Iowa State.
“I’m pulling for Arizona State right this moment,” he stated in the course of the telecast.
In the Sun Belt Conference, Chalamet selected Louisiana over Marshall.
“Billy Napier’s legend stays, the protection is powerful,” he joked, referring to how the present Florida Gators head coach as soon as held the identical place at Louisiana.
And in a twist, the actor predicted favourite Miami of Ohio would lose to in-state rival Ohio University within the MAC championship.
“These groups are 2-2 of their final 4 matchups. I’m going underdog, Bobcats,” he stated.
Demonstrating his versatility as a sports activities guru, Chalamet selected Southern Methodist University to defeat Clemson.
“It smells just like the Nineteen Eighties, people,” he stated.
In the SWAC championship, Chalamet picked Jackson State University over Southern.
“I’m going with Jackson State,” he stated on the published. “This needs to be a straightforward win for them.”
Bob Dylan praised each the movie and Chalamet, who performs the famed singer-songwriter within the film, earlier this week in a post on X.
“There’s a film about me opening quickly known as A Complete Unknown (what a title!),” Dylan wrote.
