College GameDay is almost back, and they already know their first destination.
ESPN said on Tuesday that College Gameday will take place at College Station on August 31st for the Week 1 college football game between Notre Dame and Texas A&M. The Fighting Irish at Aggies matchup will be in the national spotlight throughout the day with College GameDay Built by The Home Depot live from College Station on ESPN and ESPNU that morning.
Texas A&M hosting Notre Dame in prime time will be part of a Saturday tripleheader on ABC during the first full week of the 2018 college football season.
Here’s what some fans had to say about the announcement:
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The other Saturday Week 1 games on ABC include Florida hosting Miami at 3:30 p.m., which is the first SEC telecast on the network, and Clemson taking on Georgia in Atlanta at noon ET. CBS will hand off the late-afternoon SEC game to ABC.
The game between LSU and Southern California on Sunday, September 1st, at 7:30 p.m., will also be on ABC.
College GameDay will travel abroad for the first time on August 24th, when Florida State plays Georgia Tech in Dublin, Ireland, according to an announcement made by ESPN in December. One of the most anticipated games of Week 0 will begin at noon. The MEAC/SWAC Challenge Kick-Off between Norfolk State and Florida A&M will air on ABC at 7:30 p.m.
According to the Associated Press, the popular show hasn’t operated from College Station in 2018.
Lee Corso Announced His Plans To Stay On College Gameday for 2024 Football Season
In light of his advanced age and past medical history, there has been conjecture regarding Lee Corso’s future on ESPN’s College GameDay in recent years.
However, as the 2023 college football season drew to an end, the former Indiana coach declared that he had no intention of leaving the program, of which he has been a mainstay since its start in 1987.
“I’m gonna be like that guy in Vaudeville,” Corso told Alex Kirshner in a profile published in GQ at the time. “They hook him around the neck, and they pull him off the stage as he keeps talking.”
Corso’s role on ESPN has decreased because he no longer participates in every GameDay segment, but he is still a mainstay of the network’s premier college football program, with each edition concluding with him donning his mascot head.
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