Former OU basketball star Trae Young to be celebrity guest picker during ‘College GameDay’
The Sooners and Michigan Wolverines square off at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in a game you can watch on KOCO 5
NOW KOCO FIVE SPORTS. OWE YOU. MICHIGAN SOUNDS AWESOME. PROBABLY WILL BE. IT’S THE BIGGEST GAME IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. CERTAINLY IN A WHILE. TWO OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL TO THE BIGGEST PROGRAMS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY. THE BUZZ IS GOING TO BE CRAZY, RIGHT? WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE OKLAHOMA SOONERS. YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT TWO OF THE MOST STORIED PROGRAMS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY. MICHIGAN HAS WON MORE GAMES THAN ANY PROGRAM IN THE HISTORY OF THE SPORT. MORE THAN A THOUSAND OF THEM. THE OKLAHOMA SOONERS. LOOK, THEY’RE NOT THAT FAR BEHIND 951 WINS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA. SO STRAP IT UP. IT’S MICHIGAN, IT’S OKLAHOMA. HERE WE GO. IT’S GOING TO BE A REALLY COOL MATCHUP. IF AGAIN, TWO INCREDIBLE PROGRAMS THAT REPRESENT ALL THE EXCELLENCE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, 1964 WINS BETWEEN THE MICHIGAN WOLVERINES AND THE OKLAHOMA SOONERS, THE CHAMPIONS FOR THE SOONERS OF OKLAHOMA IN 19 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, THE HISTORY OF OKLAHOMA IS ABOUT WINNING CHAMPIONSHIPS. OUR PLAYERS ARE GOING TO MEAN THEY’RE GOING TO BE READY TO PLAY THEIR — OFF, AND THEY’LL PLAY FOR ONLY THE SECOND TIME EVER. AND THE FIRST TIME IN 50 YEARS. BUT MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, POISE UNDER PRESSURE, THAT THEY’RE PREPARED, THAT THEY CAN QUIET THE NOISE AND LET IT FLY ACROSS THE MIDDLE. THE BEST TEAMS AND THE BEST PLAYERS, THEY HAVE POISE UNDER PRESSURE. AND AS WE’VE SAID BEFORE, PRESSURE IS A PRIVILEGE. AND I WANT OUR GUYS TO EMBRACE THAT. AND THIS MIGHT BE THE BIGGEST GAME OF THE BRANT VENABLES ERA AGAINST A MICHIGAN PROGRAM THAT WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP JUST TWO YEARS AGO AND WHIPPED UP ON NEW MEXICO IN THEIR SEASON OPENER, 34 TO 17. TO THE OUTSIDE, THIS IS A ROSTER THAT THEY HAVE THAT YOU KNOW, IT’S ELITE TOUCHDOWN. YOU KNOW THEY’RE REALLY GOOD IN THE TRENCHES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL. HAYNES JUMP CUT. THEY HAVE ELITE PLAYMAKERS AND HAYNES WALKS IN. QUARTERBACK. LOOKS TO BE MATURE BEYOND HIS YEARS. UNDERWOOD TO THE AIR. QUICK DECISIVE ACCURATE. POISED TOUGH. CONSISTENT. AND THERE’S A REASON HE’S THE NUMBER ONE PLAYER IN AMERICA. AND TAKE THIS FOR WHAT YOU WILL. BUT MICHIGAN HAS WON 18 OF THEIR LAST 20 AT NIGHT AND THEY’RE ONE AND OH THIS SEASON WHICH SHOULD BE FUEL TO THE FIRE FOR THE SOONERS. THIS WILL BE THE 161ST STRAIGHT SELLOUT AT OKLAHOMA MEMORIAL STADIUM. I’M REALLY EXCITED FOR OUR FANS. OUR FANS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY AFFECT THE GAME TREMENDOUSLY HERE. WITH TIME, WE’RE GOING TO NEED THEM. YOU KNOW IT’S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US ON ON SATURDAY NIGHT UNDER THE LIGHTS. PRIME TIME OKLAHOM
Former OU basketball star Trae Young to be celebrity guest picker during ‘College GameDay’
The Sooners and Michigan Wolverines square off at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in a game you can watch on KOCO 5
Updated: 2:22 PM CDT Sep 4, 2025
Former University of Oklahoma basketball star Trae Young will be the guest picker when ESPN’s “College GameDay” is in Norman this weekend. | RELATED VIDEO ABOVE | Michigan and Oklahoma set for historic clash at Oklahoma Memorial StadiumYoung, who was a first-team All-American and National Freshman of the Year, led Division I basketball in scoring with 27.4 points per game during the 2017-18 season. He now is an NBA All-Star with the Atlanta Hawks and serves as the OU men’s basketball program’s assistant general manager. “College GameDay” will be in Norman on Saturday ahead of the Sooners’ Top 20 matchup against Michigan. ESPN’s pregame show starts at 8 a.m., and the game kicks off at 6:30 p.m. at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. “Excited to welcome y’all to my hometown, my home city of Norman, Oklahoma, and be this week’s celebrity guest picker on ‘College GameDay’,” Young said in a video posted on the social media platform X. “Just a week after Lee Corso decided to hang it up, we’ve got that team from up north heading down here. I’m not worried at all. I’m ready to set the tone. I know Sooner fans are ready to set the tone. So, we know what we’ve got to do. Boomer (expletive) Sooner!” >> Crashing the Boards Below: Cautious optimism follows Sooners’ season openerThe No. 18 Sooners and No. 15 Wolverines each won their season openers last weekend. Fans will be able to watch the OU-Michigan game on KOCO 5, which will host a pregame show with Sports Director Bryan Keating, Hannah Hoover and more starting at 10 a.m. Saturday. Top Headlines Police investigate after driver shot during road-rage incident on I-240 in Oklahoma City The deadliest US hurricanes since 1851 Person killed in crash involving motorcycle in northwest Oklahoma City LEGO released new Halloween sets to give your house haunted vibes TIMELINE: New severe weather risk issued for Friday after cold front moves into Oklahoma
NORMAN, Okla. —
Former University of Oklahoma basketball star Trae Young will be the guest picker when ESPN’s “College GameDay” is in Norman this weekend.
| RELATED VIDEO ABOVE | Michigan and Oklahoma set for historic clash at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Young, who was a first-team All-American and National Freshman of the Year, led Division I basketball in scoring with 27.4 points per game during the 2017-18 season. He now is an NBA All-Star with the Atlanta Hawks and serves as the OU men’s basketball program’s assistant general manager.
“College GameDay” will be in Norman on Saturday ahead of the Sooners’ Top 20 matchup against Michigan. ESPN’s pregame show starts at 8 a.m., and the game kicks off at 6:30 p.m. at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.
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“Excited to welcome y’all to my hometown, my home city of Norman, Oklahoma, and be this week’s celebrity guest picker on ‘College GameDay’,” Young said in a video posted on the social media platform X. “Just a week after Lee Corso decided to hang it up, we’ve got that team from up north heading down here. I’m not worried at all. I’m ready to set the tone. I know Sooner fans are ready to set the tone. So, we know what we’ve got to do. Boomer (expletive) Sooner!”
>> Crashing the Boards Below: Cautious optimism follows Sooners’ season opener
The No. 18 Sooners and No. 15 Wolverines each won their season openers last weekend.
Fans will be able to watch the OU-Michigan game on KOCO 5, which will host a pregame show with Sports Director Bryan Keating, Hannah Hoover and more starting at 10 a.m. Saturday.
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