--- title: Gonzaga Bulldogs Want Jimmy Kimmel to Know They Exist description: Gonzaga students, faculty and fans are doing everything in their power to convince Jimmy Kimmel that Gonzaga exists. canonical: https://time.com/5558857/does-gonzaga-exist-jimmy-kimmel/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-03-26T15:29:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:58:22.694Z og:title: Gonzaga Bulldogs Want Jimmy Kimmel to Know They Exist og:description: A March Madness saga not soon to be forgotten og:url: https://time.com/5558857/does-gonzaga-exist-jimmy-kimmel/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta2b564575b7476e0/698947554ee262fd5b3143ba/jimmy-kimmel-gonzaga.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Baylor v Gonzaga og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Gonzaga Bulldogs Want Jimmy Kimmel to Know They Exist twitter:description: A March Madness saga not soon to be forgotten twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta2b564575b7476e0/698947554ee262fd5b3143ba/jimmy-kimmel-gonzaga.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Gonzaga Does Everything They Can to Convince Jimmy Kimmel of Their Existence > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - MARCH 23: Brandon Clarke #15 and Corey Kispert #24 of the Gonzaga Bulldogs react to a play against the Baylor Bears during their game in the Second Round of the NCAA Basketball Tournament at Vivint Smart Home Arena on March 23, 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) Patrick Smith—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 26, 2019 3:29 PM UTC While the [Gonzaga Bulldogs](http://time.com/4722151/why-not-gonzaga/) may have advanced to the Sweet 16 for the fifth consecutive year this [March Madness](http://time.com/5539532/obama-march-madness-2019/), they’re still facing a challenge from late night funny man [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/5395293/jimmy-kimmel-bug-prank/), who’s not entirely sure that Gonzaga exists. Last week, Kimmel took to his show to share a theory that Gonzaga doesn’t actually exist, much to the indignation of Gonzaga’s many students and alumni, as well as pretty much all of Spokane, Washington. Multiple news outlets defended Gonzaga’s existence and Gonzaga’s law school even made a video for Kimmel of an entire classroom of law students, the dean of the law school and Washington State’s attorney general swearing on a Bible that the school, the students and the students’ very real student loans were all real. Kimmel, however, had his own rejoinder to Gonzaga’s impassioned case, with a visit with a seeming member of the Gonzaga administration: Chancellor Gonzo Aga. As might be expected, this “interview” undermines any claim to Gonzaga’s validity as an actual entity — leaving Kimmel and fans to rely on Gonzaga’s matchup against Florida State this Thursday to determine whether they actually exist. 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