Sean Astin Is Back (Again) as Rudy in ESPN's Excellent College Playoff Promo

He also had a cameo in this year's Super Bowl

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A college championship that’s both national and rational has long been the dream of American football fans. In fact, Rudy dreamed up the solution 40 years ago, according to this fun bit of alternate history from ESPN.

Sean Astin reprises his 1993 role as Notre Dame’s plucky 1970s walk-on Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger in an ad created by Wieden + Kennedy New York to highlight ESPN’s coverage of the College Football Playoff system debuting in the 2014-15 season.

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