They say you never forget your first time...and I don't think there's any doubt that this will hold true for Katy Perry and college football. Yesterday she attended her first game ever and just look what happened!
I always assumed that the celebrity pickers were scheduled sometime before the beginning of the season, whenever the schedule of College Gameday locations was decided. But Katy's appearance was spur of the moment. Kirk Herbstreit sent a tweet Thursday evening to Katy, asking her if she would be interested in being this week's celebrity picker:
Fired up for the Grove. Still need a celebrity picker. Hear that @KatyPerry may be in town?? @collegegameday #hottytoddy
— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) October 2, 2014
Shortly after, Katy let Herbie know that she was down:
HELL YEAH! DAMN RIGHT! @KirkHerbstreit @CollegeGameDay #HOTTYTODDY
— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) October 2, 2014
Almost immediately, ESPN's senior director of public relations announced that Katy was set to be the guest picker:
And so, we have our guest picker, folks. @katyperry and The Grove will be INSANE. #HottyToddy
— Keri Potts (@MsPotts_ESPN) October 2, 2014
Katy was already scheduled to perform in Memphis on Sunday night but had Saturday off. Her manager, Brad Cobb, is a 1996 graduate of Ole Miss. He's worked with her since she was 19 years old, and has helped guide her to the top of the pop world. He apparently had already invited her to attend the game on Oxford's big day in the spotlight. Why not pick some games while getting Rebel fans fired up in The Grove? The rest, as they say, is history...
OXFORD MISSISSIPPI I'M HERE WITH REBEL RED HAIR TODAY! ARE YOU READY?! @CollegeGameDay #GetUp4GameDay ππΊπΈππΊπΈπ
— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) October 4, 2014
@katyperry @CollegeGameDay TURN UP ππ»
— PRISMATIC (@KatysTiger_) October 4, 2014
@katyperry Since when have you been into college football? π
— | brie | (@ChezxxKitteh) October 4, 2014
@katyperry have funπ
— 【γ】KP (@_KatyPerryfect) October 4, 2014
@katyperry @CollegeGameDay I have no idea what this is, but I want to come tooππΊπΈ
— Jasmine (@hi_its_jasmine) October 4, 2014
Guest Picker @KatyPerry is heading to the set! #GetUp4GameDay pic.twitter.com/OCPREgC0GW
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) October 4, 2014
And this is how social media responded:
Katy Perry looks absolutely stupid at #SaturdaySelections. Screw you, @espn. Between this and your @nhra coverage, why do you exist?
— Wade M (@kaleysdad) October 4, 2014
Katy Perry sitting next to Lee Corso on the College Game Day set on ESPN. In America, anything is truly possible.
— Scott Rabalais (@RabalaisAdv) October 4, 2014
@amandamull not sure if drunk or just Katy Perry being Katy Perry
— Brett Lacy (@B_Lace) October 4, 2014
ESPN should just sign Katy Perry to a full time analyst position. Not much football knowledge, never been to a game, but damn entertaining.
— Randy Janinda (@janinda) October 4, 2014
Katy Perry please get off ESPN, you're making everyone uncomfortable.
— stephanie smith (@StepOnMeSmith) October 4, 2014
Katy Perry wants Trevor Knight to call her. https://t.co/auXm2Wg964
— Pistols Firing (@pistolsguy) October 4, 2014
Katy Perry is a terrible musician, but she's a great "personality". This is genuinely entertaining. Good call, ESPN.
— Poseur (@ATVSPoseur) October 4, 2014
Why the HELL is Katy Perry on #CollegeGameday ? Like ESPN what the hell? No don't get someone normal or someone who likes sports.
— Audra Smith (@AudraLSmith) October 4, 2014
Katy Perry is throwing corndogs. And like it or not, based on Twitter attention, ESPN probably just had one of its best guest pickers ever.
— Geoff Grammer (@GeoffGrammer) October 4, 2014
"Why is Katy Perry" is now trending. This is how ESPN gets viewers. So, mission accomplished.
— Roehl Sybing (@roehlteacher) October 4, 2014
@espn having Katie perry on game day was brilliant! She is like a breath of fresh are and funny as hell.
— kathleen canizaro (@katcan717) October 4, 2014
Welcome, @katyperry, to the @trevor_knight9 fan club. pic.twitter.com/OQHFKHSRXw
— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) October 4, 2014
Nothin' says, "Merica" like Katy Perry dressed as a flamingo, wavin' a corndog on College Gameday. pic.twitter.com/l160oIrWbh
— Cloyd Rivers (@CloydRivers) October 4, 2014
"Bucket List" @CollegeGameDay at the Grove was great fun for us. One of our favorite shows ever. Huge thanks for #OleMiss hospitality!
— Chris Fowler (@cbfowler) October 4, 2014
A couple of points were quickly made regarding Katy's gameday crush, OU quarterback Trevor Knight:
Friday was his birthday...
Happy Birthday, @trevor_knight9! pic.twitter.com/dGQTNwE99g
— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) October 3, 2014
My favorite part about birthdays is hearing from all the special people in my life! Thank you all for making this day great! #21 #beatTCU
— Trevor Knight (@trevor_knight9) October 4, 2014
So the shout-out from Katy was an unexpected b-day present but, unfortunately for Katy, one of those special people in Trevor's life is his girlfriend, Kate Williams, a chemical-engineering major at OU who is as devout as she is beautiful. Sorry, Katy!
But, of course, the main event was the highly-anticipated clash between the Rebels and the Tide. There was a great deal at stake for both teams. Although my Seminoles were #1 in the AP Poll (Alabama #3), the Tide held the #1 spot in the Coaches Poll while Ole Miss was ranked 11th.
The 4-0 Rebels were trying to make it to 5-0 for the first time since Kennedy was in the White House and they wanted to upset a #1-ranked team for the first time in the school's football history. The Tide, meanwhile, wanted to maintain the status quo in the SEC by keeping the Rebels down...and they might have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for a feisty Katy Perry! Here's how it went down:
Katy watched the game from the Ole Miss sideline...
...where a good time was had by all...including the mascot...
...and visiting recruits!
Hotty Toddy From Me And Katy Perry!!! π΄π΅ pic.twitter.com/p4oR0mm9ml
— Ryan Newsome (@NewBoi17) October 4, 2014
Katy also hung out with the Rebelettes:
And trolled Nick Saban for good measure...
CALLED IT ππ #OLEMISS
— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) October 4, 2014
πͺπͺπͺπͺπͺπͺπͺπͺπͺπͺ pic.twitter.com/rdmDN7op9y
— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) October 4, 2014
...before taking the party to Funkys on Oxford Square...
.Thanks to @Funkys @OxfordExxon for bringing @katyperry down to sign the @olemissfbequip Wall of Fame. pic.twitter.com/Mubi2kpQob
— ken crain (@kencrain) October 5, 2014
...where this happened:
#katyperry4MissOleMiss pic.twitter.com/k0aDUEQtr5
— Tara Chaffin (@Tara_Chaffin) October 5, 2014
Today is the day Katy Perry changed CFB forever.
— Barrett Sallee (@BarrettSallee) October 5, 2014
@_CarolinaCT @BarrettSallee She was Gameday guest picker...correctly picked @olemissfb ! It was glorious.
— Emily⚜⚜⚜Holly (@whodatholly) October 5, 2014
And here I was thinking I had the most fun yesterday. RT @Chip_Patterson: Katy Perry is in Oxford crowd surfing? https://t.co/ddPFmXcR02
— Gary Parrish (@GaryParrishCBS) October 5, 2014
@katyperry Can't thank you enough for all you did for Ole Miss & Funkys. Let's do it again next year. See ya in Houston. Hotty Toddy
— Funkys (@Funkys) October 5, 2014
Again? I wouldn't bet against it! I think she likes it...
Yep, I will never forget my first time.....um, with College Gameday! It was 1993 in South Bend with your Seminoles visiting the Fighting Irish. It has become a Fall Saturday American Tradition. Nothing beats the sounds of College Football. Btw, didya know my Wolverines (Ann Arbor) lead your Seminoles (Tallahassee) 11-10 in Gameday visits? But seriously, I watched Katy Saturday as I always have Gameday reverberating throughout the house and she was great fun plus nailing her picks!
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