''College GameDay'' (branded as ''ESPN College GameDay built by

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'' for sponsorship reasons) is a

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broadcast by

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as part of the network's

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, broadcast on Saturday mornings during the college football season, prior to the start of games with a 12:00 pm ET kickoff. In its current form, the program is typically broadcast from the campus of the team hosting a featured game being played that day and features news and analysis of the day's upcoming games. It first aired in 1987 with Tim Brando as host and

Lee Corso Lee Richard Corso (born August 7, 1935) is an American sports broadcaster and football analyst for ESPN and a former coach. He has been a featured analyst on ESPN's '' College GameDay'' program since its inception in 1987. Corso served as the he ...

and

Beano Cook Carroll Hoff "Beano" Cook (September 1, 1931 – October 11, 2012) was an American television personality who worked for ESPN. He was a college football historian and commentator. He received his B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1954. ...

as commentators, giving an overview of college football games. Karie Ross soon became the first female to join the broadcast. The show underwent a radical transformation beginning in 1993, and began incorporating live broadcasts. Today, the only original cast member remaining is Lee Corso, whose appearances have been pre-scripted since suffering a stroke in 2009. Rece Davis serves as host and

Kirk Herbstreit Kirk Edward Herbstreit (; born August 19, 1969) is an American sportscaster and former college football player. He serves as an analyst for ESPN's '' College GameDay'', a television program covering college football, and he also provides color ...

is Corso's counterpart.

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was added to the cast of the show in 2008. Craig James served as an analyst from 1990 to 1995.

Erin Andrews Erin Jill Andrews (born May 4, 1978) is an American sportscaster, television personality, and actress. She rose to prominence as a correspondent on the American cable sports channel ESPN after joining the network in 2004. She later joined Fox S ...

joined the ''GameDay'' crew as a co-host and contributor in 2010, replaced in 2012 by Samantha Ponder (and in 2017 by Maria Taylor after Ponder left to become host of '' Sunday NFL Countdown'' that same year). In 2015, Rece Davis (also host of the college basketball version of ''GameDay'') replaced

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as host of the show. In 2010, the program was expanded from two to three hours, with the opening hour broadcast on

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until 2013. The show is known for its prediction segment that appears at the end of each broadcast. Typically there are five predictors: Corso, Herbstreit, Howard, McAfee, and an invited guest, usually a celebrity, prominent athlete, or radio personality associated with the host school for that week. The show always concludes with Corso's prediction for the host school's game, after which he dons the mascot's headgear of the team he predicts to win the game, usually to the ire or excitement of local fans. As of December 3, 2022, Corso is 263–131 in his headgear picks. His first headgear pick occurred on October 5, 1996, when he correctly picked the

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over the

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. In 2018, Corso made his first NFL headgear pick when, as a guest on '' Sunday NFL Countdown'', he correctly picked the

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to win their Week 9 game at home against the

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. Ohio State – Penn State and Alabama – LSU are the most featured matchups, appearing 11 times on College Gameday. Alabama – Georgia and Florida – Tennessee have been featured 9 times. Alabama – Auburn, Florida – Florida State, Florida State – Miami, Michigan – Ohio State, and Army – Navy currently sit at 8.

Personalities

Current

* Rece Davis: (Host, 2015–present) *

: (Analyst, 1987–present)
*

: (Analyst, 1996–present) *

: (Analyst, 2005–present) * Pat McAfee: (Contributor, 2019–2020; Analyst, 2022–present) *

David Pollack David M. Pollack (born June 19, 1982) is a former professional American football linebacker who played in two seasons in the National Football League (NFL), having suffered a career-ending injury in the second game of his second season. He play ...

: (Analyst/Contributor, 2011–present) * Gene Wojciechowski: (Contributor, 1992–present) * Jen Lada: (Contributor, 2016–present) *

Robert Griffin III Robert Lee Griffin III (born February 12, 1990), nicknamed RG3 and RGIII, is an American football quarterback who is a free agent. He played college football at Baylor, where he won the Heisman Trophy as a senior, and was selected second overa ...

: (Contributor, 2021–present) * Jess Sims: (Reporter, 2022–present)

Former

Trev Alberts Trev Kendall AlbertsJim Offner '' Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier'', February 6, 2013, accessed July 8, 2013. (born August 8, 1970) is an American sports administrator and former football linebacker who is the director of athletics at University of ...

: (In-Studio Analyst, 2002–2005) *

: (Reporter/Contributor, 2010–2011) * Tim Brando: (Host, 1987–1988) * Bob Carpenter: (Host, 1989) *

: (Analyst, 1987–1990) *Chris "Bear" Fallica: (Researcher/Contributor, 1996–2022) *

: (Host, 1990–2014) * Craig James: (Analyst, 1990–1995) * Rocket Ismail: (Contributor, 2003–2004) *

Nick Lachey Nicholas Scott Lachey ( ; born November 9, 1973) is an American singer, actor, television personality, and host. He rose to fame as the lead singer of the multi-platinum-selling boyband 98 Degrees, and later starred in the reality series '' Newl ...

: (Contributor, 2005) *

Norm Hitzges Norm Hitzges (born July 5, 1944) is an American author and sports talk radio host. He is a member of the Texas Radio Hall of Fame. Career Hitzges hosts at KTCK (1310 AM / 96.7 FM, "SportsRadio 1310 The Ticket") in Dallas. Hitzges pioneered ra ...

: (Contributor, 1992–1995) * Samantha Ponder: (Reporter/Contributor, 2012–2016) *

Tom Rinaldi Tom Rinaldi is a reporter for Fox Sports. He previously contributed to ESPN's tennis coverage at Wimbledon and the US Open, ESPN's golf coverage, ''SportsCenter'', ''Outside the Lines'', '' College GameDay'' and '' Sunday NFL Countdown''. H ...

: (Contributor, 2011–2020) * Maria Taylor: (Reporter/Contributor, 2017–2020)

History

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

, ''GameDay'' began broadcasting live from outside a stadium hosting a game most Saturdays. The selected stadium is ''usually'' hosting one of the biggest matchups of the day, regardless of whether the game airs on an ESPN network. The first show "on the road" took place at

South Bend, Indiana South Bend is a city in and the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total of 103,453 residents and is the fourt ...

for the match-up between #2 Notre Dame and #1 FSU on November 13. The show takes on a festive

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atmosphere, as thousands of fans gather behind the broadcast set, in view of the show's cameras. Many fans bring flags or hand-painted signs as well, and the school's

cheerleader Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to ente ...

s and

mascot A mascot is any human, animal, or object thought to bring luck, or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name. Mascots are also used as ...

s often join in the celebration. Crowds at ''GameDay'' tapings are known to be quite boisterous and very spirited. Flags seen at the broadcast are not limited to those of the home team; for example, one large

Washington State Washington (), officially the State of Washington, is a U.S. state, state in the Northwestern United States, Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. Named for George Washington—the first President of the United States, U.S. p ...

flag can be seen at every broadcast, regardless of the location or the teams involved. The idea began in 2003 on WSU online fan forums and has resulted in the flag, nicknamed "Ol' Crimson," being present at 281 consecutive ''GameDay'' broadcasts since 2003.Steward Mandel
Burning questions about BCS, a few candidates for Tennessee and more
SI.com, November 12, 2008, Accessed November 12, 2008.Michael Hiestand

''USA Today'', October 30, 2008, Accessed November 12, 2008. The show's current intro and theme music is performed by

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duo

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, who perform their 2005

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hit "

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" with revised lyrics which mention several top college teams and a guest appearance by

Cowboy Troy Troy Lee Coleman III (born December 18, 1970), better known by his stage name Cowboy Troy, is an American rapper and singer. He is best known as a representative of the country rap genre. He has released seven studio albums and one EP, including t ...

. Rap artist

Travie McCoy Travis Lazarus "Travie" McCoy (born August 5, 1981) is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is the co-founder and former lead vocalist of the rap rock band Gym Class Heroes, in addition to having a solo career. McCoy became involved w ...

(of

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) now appears in the intro for this show, starting with 2014 season, as well as

Lzzy Hale Elizabeth Mae "Lzzy" Hale (born October 10, 1983) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of hard rock band Halestorm, which she co-founded with her brother Arejay Hale in 1997. Career Hale began writing and ...

, lead vocalist and guitarist of the rock group Halestorm. Additional music that has been used for the show include "

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" by the rock group P.O.D. and '' God Bless Saturday'' by

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College Gameday 20051105 - Corso with Miami hat

Typically, the show will end with Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit issuing their predictions for that day's key matchups, finishing with the game to be played at the stadium hosting ''GameDay'', for which Corso signifies his prediction by donning the head piece of the mascot of his predicted winner. Starting with the 2009 season, a celebrity guest picker gives picks for the day's key games alongside the ''GameDay'' regulars (such as

Bob Knight Robert Montgomery Knight (born October 25, 1940) is an American former basketball coach. Nicknamed "the General", Knight won 902 NCAA Division I men's college basketball games, a record at the time of his retirement, and currently fourth all-ti ...

when ''GameDay'' aired from

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in 2008,

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star Dale Earnhardt Jr. when ''GameDay'' aired from

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(a NASCAR track) in

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and

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in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, since it was his final season calling College Football games on

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). Prior to 2009, this was not done on a regular basis. Herbstreit, who in 2006 became a game analyst for ABC's ''

Saturday Night Football ''ESPN Saturday Night Football on ABC'' (branded for sponsorship purposes as ''ESPN Saturday Night Football on ABC presented by Capital One'') is an American weekly presentation of prime time broadcasts of National Collegiate Athletic Associatio ...

'', is not allowed to make a pick for the game at which he is assigned due to parent company

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's conflict-of-interest rules; however, he is allowed to give one or two keys to the game. College_Gameday_Line

In past years, when no suitably important game was available, it would originate instead from the ESPN studios. In 2017, with no suitably important game available, one show aired from Times Square instead. ''College GameDay'' was also a source for many arguments regarding the purported

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: From 1993 until 2004, ''GameDay'' had only been to two regular season games on the entire West Coast (1998 at

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and 2000 at

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). Given the popularity of the show and the media coverage it brought to the highlighted game, teams and fans of the West Coast teams felt that the show was only magnifying the perceived problems with excess media focus on East, South and Midwest games; ESPN attributed its lack of West Coast games to the need for a very early start time (07:00 AM PST) and an alleged lack of high quality matchups. With the addition of the ''

'' game on ABC in 2006, ''GameDay'' has increasingly aired from that game. This could be done for many reasons including the fact

is on both programs, thus making it easier for him. Another reason could be to give the ''Saturday Night Football'' game added exposure. Beginning with the show's 21st season (2007), ''College GameDay'' began broadcasting in high-definition on

ESPN HD ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The co ...

. Also the same season,

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became the first (and as of 2022, only) team to decline to host ''College GameDay'', as the school believed ''Gameday'' should go to

Virginia Tech Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also has educational facilities in six re ...

after the

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earlier in the year. ''College GameDay'' expanded to 3 hours, with the first hour being televised on

beginning September 4, 2010. In addition,

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simulcasts the television version from 9am-noon ET. Other changes include the addition of a female contributor—first

in 2010 and 2011, and then Samantha Ponder (then known by her maiden name, Samantha Steele) after Andrews left ESPN for Fox following the 2011 season. Both Andrews and Ponder have anchored several segments during the first hour on ESPNU, contributed during the ESPN portion, and also worked as a sideline reporter on the game from which ''College GameDay'' originated, if it aired on one of the ESPN family of networks (i.e. ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ABC). Beginning with the 2013 season, the third hour moved to ESPN and was hosted by Fowler. Starting in 2014, the show began a now annual visit to the Army-Navy Game in mid-December. As of 2018, the entire show is simulcast on both ESPN and ESPNU. As previously mentioned, beginning with the 29th season (2015), Rece Davis (who is also the host of the college basketball version) replaced Chris Fowler as the football version's new host. Fowler retained his play-by-play duties on ABC's ''Saturday Night Football''. In March 2018, ESPN announced that it would broadcast a special edition of ''College GameDay'' from

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, as a pre-show for its coverage of day 1 of the

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. The broadcast accompanied a secondary telecast of the draft on

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, which was hosted by the ''College GameDay'' panelists (barring Kirk Herbstreit, as he was involved in ESPN's main broadcast to replace the outgoing

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). In the 2020 season, ''College GameDay'' underwent modifications due to the

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. The program was broadcast without an audience, and with a modified desk to comply with

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rules. Corso did not travel with the travel with the remainder of the ''College GameDay'' panel due to health concerns, and appeared from his

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home, as well as filmed sketches with appearances by team mascots. As of 2018, ''College GameDay'' has collected eight

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for

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, tied with

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's ''

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'' for the most wins by an analysis program.

Locations

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1994 season

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2022 season

;Notes Winners are listed in bold.
Home team listed in ''italics'' for neutral-site or off-campus games.
All rankings displayed for Division I-A/FBS teams are from the

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or CFP Rankings (starting in the 2014 season) at the time of the game. FCS rankings are from the

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poll at the time of the game.

Appearances by school

Appearances through December 31, 2022 Skorry-ohiostadium 6048

Falcons on offense at 2009 Armed Forces Bowl 2

Power Five schools who have not yet hosted

Appearances through November 19, 2022

Frequent Matchups

College Gameday has attended several particular matchups with regularity.

AP Number 1 vs Number 2

Celebrity guest pickers

Auburn and NBA basketball player

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was the first celebrity guest picker on the October 2, 2004, show and has made the most show appearances with six, with his most recent appearance on December 14, 2019. Olympian and

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swimmer Amanda Beard was the first female celebrity guest picker on November 21, 2009.

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golfer

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became the first celebrity picker to pick all games correctly on September 28, 2013.

Oklahoma State Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, ...

and NBA player

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became the first ever student athlete guest picker on November 23, 2013.

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became the first school mascot to be the guest picker on September 6, 2014. Guests have included military veterans,

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kids, athletes, school mascots, professional sports owners, CEO's, singers, actors & celebrity personalities. Appearances through November 12, 2022:

Spin-offs

* ''College GameDay'' (basketball) (2005–present) *''

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'' (2000–present) *''

SEC Nation ''SEC Nation'' is an ESPN entertainment show previewing college football games from the Southeastern Conference. Based on the format of College Gameday, the show previews SEC football games from a SEC school each week. The show airs from 10 a. ...

'' (2014–present)

References

External links

College Gameday (Football) website at ESPNtv.com
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