Aidan Hutchinson News Emerges on Friday

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Max Escarpio | Last updated Nov 28, 2025 1:45 PM ET

Week 14 of the college football season is jam-packed with rivalry games.

The No. 7 Ole Miss Rebels and Mississippi State Bulldogs faced off in the Egg Bowl on Friday. The No. 4 Georgia Bulldogs take on the No. 23 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, the No. 3 Texas A&M Aggies face the No. 16 Texas Longhorns, the No. 10 Alabama Crimson Tide face the Auburn Tigers in the Iron Bowl, and the No. 9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish go up against the Stanford Cardinal in a classic rivalry game.

Another storied rivalry is the No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes facing the No. 15 Michigan Wolverines in Ann Arbor.

"The Game" is what this rivalry is called, and last year, everything broke loose when Michigan won in Columbus and a massive brawl broke out after the game.

This time, ESPN's "College GameDay" is going to be in Ann Arbor for another huge showdown and one with Big Ten title game implications.

Pat McAfee takes a cell phone video of former Alabama head coach Nick Saban, now a co-host of the ESPN "College GameDay."© Gary Cosby Jr. / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

On Friday, "College GameDay" revealed the guest picker for the game, and it is Detroit Lions star and former Michigan standout Aidan Hutchinson.

"A Michigan icon. Aidan Hutchinson will be joining us in Ann Arbor as tomorrow's guest picker ahead of The Game," the show posted on X.

A Michigan icon

Aidan Hutchinson will be joining us in Ann Arbor as tomorrow's guest picker ahead of The Game @aidanhutch97 | @UMichFootball pic.twitter.com/r2Lygv1gwb
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) November 28, 2025

Hutchinson played four seasons for Michigan and recorded 14 sacks in his final campaign. He was named an All-American and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year in 2021, finished second to Alabama quarterback Bryce Young in the Heisman Trophy voting, before being selected second overall by the Lions in the 2022 NFL Draft.

The Lions lost to the Green Bay Packers on Thanksgiving Day, but the schedule worked out nicely for Hutchinson to be able to attend "The Game" and be the guest picker.

Ohio State (11-0, 8-0 Big Ten) meets Michigan (9-2, 7-1) at noon ET Saturday on Fox. The Buckeyes are in the Big Ten Championship Game with a win. The Wolverines must defeat Ohio State and have either the Purdue Boilermakers defeat the Indiana Hoosiers or the Washington Huskies take down the Oregon Ducks.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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