BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Only four days remain until Alabama and Notre Dame meet in the clash of the college football titans in Miami Gardens, Fla.

And in the days leading up to Monday’s BCS Championship Game, we here at al.com are conducting a daily poll to see how the two universities match up not on the football field, but in the arena of popular culture.

On Wednesday, we asked readers to choose their favorite movie character between Alabama's Forrest Gump and Notre Dame's Rudy Ruettiger. So far, Forrest is running away from Rudy, but if you still have not voted, you may do so here.

Today, in Round 2 of the Alabama-Notre Dame Pop Culture Championship, the category is Old TV Sitcom Stars.

Representing the Crimson Tide is Jim Nabors, a Sylacauga native and University of Alabama graduate who starred as the good-natured country bumpkin Gomer Pyle, first on "The Andy Griffith Show" and later on his own "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C."

Suiting up for the Fighting Irish is George Wendt, who briefly attended Notre Dame before he either dropped out or was expelled (accounts vary on the exact nature of his departure) but who went on to play the droll, self-deprecating barroom philosopher Norm Peterson on "Cheers."

Who is your favorite? And if you could watch the game with just one of them Monday night, with whom would you rather hang out?

Cast your vote for Jim Nabors or George Wendt here. And be sure to check out our two contestants in the video clips below. As always, your comments are welcome.

The Alabama-Notre Dame Pop Culture Championship continues through Sunday. On Monday, BCS Championship Game day, we will recap the winners in each of the five rounds.

Coming Friday: Alabama graduate Kathryn Stockett, author of “The Help,” challenges former Notre Dame track and field star Nicholas Sparks, who wrote “The Notebook” and “A Walk to Remember,” in The Battle of the Wordsmiths.

Email Bob Carlton at bcarlton@al.com