Election Map Guru Steve Kornacki Joining NBC’s “Football Night in America”

The MSNBC political correspondent is going to predict the NFL playoff picture

Election Map Guru Steve Kornacki joining NBC’s "Football Night In America"
Steve Kornacki will join NBC's "Sunday Night Football."
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After calling states on election night as part of NBC’s coverage of the presidential race, MSNBC political correspondent Steve Kornacki is going to get a shot to predict the NFL playoff picture this Sunday on Football Night in America.

Kornacki will appear on the show before NBC’s coverage of Broncos-Chiefs on Sunday Night Football and will also return to the broadcast during halftime of what figures to be a blowout of a game.

“I’ve been a fan of the game since I was kid and SNF has been must-see TV for me since it started back in ’06,” Kornacki said in a release. “Truly a thrill to get this chance, especially as the season reaches its most exciting point. I spent the last year using the Big Board to map out all of the various roads to 270 and I can’t wait to put it to use breaking down all of the paths to the playoffs.”

In related news, the Gap is donating 500 pairs of khakis — the pants the 41-year-old consistently wore during his election coverage — to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s workforce readiness program in Kornacki’s honor.

Kornacki joked that the idea for the donation came about after the Gap originally offered to provide him with a lifetime supply of khakis.

“I go through about one pair of pants every five to 10 years, so I don’t need much when it comes to that,” Kornacki. “The Gap said, ‘Well, we have something else in mind.’”

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