Nate Bargatze opened his time on "College GameDay" by urging five-star quarterback Jared Curtis, a Nashville Christian senior star, to flip from Georgia to Vanderbilt. And Bargatze ended it by emphatically picking Vanderbilt to beat Missouri on Oct. 25 in a key SEC football game with College Football Playoff implications.

A sophomore at Vanderbilt double majoring in chemical engineering and economics, Hwang said he played soccer until his senior year at Dover-Sherborn High in Massachusetts, then joined the football team where he was a kicker and sometimes a slot receiver.

It was a day many Commodore fans had only dreamed of until now: Saturday featured a visit from ESPN's "College GameDay" after 17 years, as well as another football victory for Vanderbilt University.

Vanderbilt student Tyler Hwang won $500,000 on ESPN’s “College GameDay” on Saturday morning by making a 33-yard field goal during host Pat McAfee’s weekly kicking contest. McAfee also donated another $250,000 to charity, bringing the successful kick’s total to $750,000.

For the first time since 2008, College GameDay returned to Vanderbilt — and the Commodores made it count with a big win that put Nashville back in the national spotlight.

In 2024, Sedrick Alexander ran for two touchdowns, Randon Fontenette scored on a pick-six and Diego Pavia outplayed Heisman Trophy candidate Jalen Milroe as Vanderbilt stunned Alabama 40-35 for the Commodores’ first win over the nation’s top-ranked team.

NASHVILE—Pat McAfee stepped through the patted down grass behind College Gameday’s stage on Vanderbilt’s Wyatt Lawn and was stopped.  McAfee was the most intera

ESPN’s College GameDay was electric Saturday with Pat McAfee broadcasting live from Nashville and Nick Saban was unexpectedly in the mix. Saban surprised many when he publicly jumped on the “Vanderbilt bandwagon.