LSU’s Livvy Dunne, Paul Skenes guest pickers ahead of Alabama-LSU for ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’

Star power will be on hand Saturday for ESPN’s Week 11 “College GameDay” broadcast from Baton Rouge ahead of Alabama’s visit to LSU.

Gymnast Livvy Dunne and Pittsburgh pitcher Paul Skenes will be the celebrity guest pickers, sources told On3′s Pete Nakos.

It will be the first time this season a pair of guest pickers will be used.

Skenes, of course, was at the center of the 2023 LSU baseball team that won the College World Series.

Dunne, on the other hand, is a social media sensation and was a part of LSU national championship gymnastics team last year.

Rece Davis will be joined at the desk by analysts Lee Corso, Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Pat McAfee and Nick SabanCollege football insider Pete Thamel, college football betting analyst ‘Stanford Steve’ Coughlin and reporters Jen Lada and Jess Sims round out the “GameDay” cast.

The Crimson Tide (6-2, 3-2) and the Tigers (6-2, 3-1) were idle last week and face off at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim. He can be heard on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile App from 6 to 9 a.m. daily.