WWE's Sheamus Tabs Notre Dame to Win 2024 CFP as 'College GameDay' Guest Picker

Anyone who thought Sheamus was going to bet against the Irish is feeling upset after the WWE superstar made his prediction for the 2024 College Football Playoff Championship.

Appearing as a guest picker on Saturday's episode of College Gameday on ESPN, Sheamus picked Notre Dame to win the national title this season.

Sheamus was the only one on the panel to pick Notre Dame to win the national championship. The other members were evenly split between Georgia and Oregon.

Nick Saban and Pat McAfee went with the Bulldogs. Desmond Howard and Kirk Herbstreit picked the Ducks.

Sheamus was also the only one to pick Georgia Tech to upset Florida State, which it did on a walk-off field goal, something he bragged about after the final whistle:

Georgia is the chalk pick as the preseason No. 1 team in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. Oregon came in at No. 3. The last time the Ducks were ranked that high in the preseason top 25, they advanced to the College Football Playoff Championship Game before losing to Ohio State.

Notre Dame isn't far behind those teams at No. 7, cracking the preseason top 10 for the third time in four years.

This season marks the debut of the 12-team College Football Playoff format. The five highest-ranked conference champions receive an automatic berth in the field, with the top four teams in that group receiving a first-round bye.

The seven highest-ranked teams after the top five conference champions will receive an at-large bid. Notre Dame is at a disadvantage because it doesn't play in a conference, therefore making it ineligible to receive a first-round bye if it makes the field.

Sheamus' prediction of Notre Dame is appropriate for many reasons, not least of which is because he's a pro wrestler from Dublin, Ireland. The babyface is always supposed to play to the crowd for their cheers and sympathy.

The easiest way to get a pop from the College Gameday crowd on this particular Saturday was to go to bat for the Fighting Irish, especially when the show was broadcasting in Dublin for the Georgia Tech-Florida State game.

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