"Miami is going to smoke them"- Scottie Scheffler makes biased claim for College GameDay after his infamous Louisville arrest fiasco
Scottie Scheffler took a dig at Louisville during College GameDay, referring to his arrest fiasco there during the PGA Championship.
Scheffler is currently enjoying the offseason after having a brilliant run throughout the year. He won seven titles, including the Masters Tournament. Besides, he also won the gold medal at the Paris Olympics.
On Saturday, October 19, the world's top-ranked golfer was spotted at ESPN's College GameDay as a guest picker. During the event, football analyst Pat McAfee asked Scheffler for his pick in the Miami vs. Louisville match. The world's No. 1 golfer gave an interesting answer that left everyone in splits.
"Not to bring anything personal into this with Louisville, great city, love the people… but Miami is gonna smoke them."
During the show, the two-time Masters champion picked his choices. Here's a look at his picks:
- South Carolina Gamecocks vs. Oklahoma Sooners
- Arkansas Razorbacks vs. LSU Tigers
- Miami Hurricanes vs. Louisville Cardinals
- Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Michigan Wolverines
- Indiana Hoosiers vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers
- Colorado Buffaloes vs. Arizona Wildcats
- Kansas State Wildcats vs. West Virginia Mountaineers
- Iowa State Cyclones vs. UCF Knights
- Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Tennessee Volunteers
- Texas Longhorns vs. Georgia Bulldogs
What happened with Scottie Scheffler at Louisville?
Earlier this year, Scottie Scheffler faced jail time during the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville.
Ahead of the second round of the PGA Championship, Scheffler was heading to the golf club for practice but was detained by the Louisville Metro Police Department for bypassing traffic and disobeying the officers. Notably, the traffic was due to a fatal accident that had taken place earlier that day.
The officers arrested Scottie Scheffler due to miscommunication, and he spent an hour or two in jail. Later, while reflecting on the incident, Scheffler described the experience as traumatic and said it wasn't something he loved reliving.
"So it's not something that I love talking about and it's something that I'm hoping to move past, but when the charges are dropped, that's kind of only the beginning of kind of getting past it," he stated.
The Olympic gold medalist was initially charged with four counts, but a few weeks later, all the charges were dropped against him.
Scheffler was last seen competing at the Presidents Cup, where team US posted an 18.5-11.5 win over the international team.