ESPN's College GameDay
Comedian Theo Von is having a rough week. Last weekend, Von went viral when he bombed during a comedy set in New York for his upcoming Netflix standup special.
Days after his comedy special situation, Von was named College GameDay’s guest picker for the Vanderbilt and Alabama game, which received immediate backlash from fans.
College GameDay’s Rece Davis went on to defend ESPN’s decision to name Von as this week’s guest picker.
“Have you checked out his social media following?” Davis asked. “Do you know how many people follow him?”
“He’s hilarious, he’s been on the show before,” Davis continued. “I mean, I understand that schools like to have their legends. And we do that a lot. We’ve had Joe Namath here. If memory serves, we’ve invited Ozzie Newsome here… When you have someone who sort of transcends the game and kind of expands your reach, and he’s also awesome like Theo Von, I mean, Theo Von’s like an easy yes.”
Unfortunately, Von bombed during Saturday’s GameDay, and fans were not happy.
Theo Von is the worst Gameday picker of all time.
— Brad J. Latta (@BradJLatta) October 4, 2025
ESPN deserves exactly this performance from Theo Von. What an entirely predictable disaster on every possible level.
— Will Bradley (@bradley_WP) October 4, 2025
At one point in the show, Von was brutally shot down by Jess Sims on live TV.
Theo Von: “Will I see you again?”
ESPN’s Jess Sims: “I hope not” 😂 pic.twitter.com/ZPz3lXd3Gr
— Bussin’ With The Boys (@BussinWTB) October 4, 2025
Yikes.