ESPN’s College GameDay Built by The Home Depot – college football’s longest-running and most-celebrated pregame show – will make its 10th visit to Tuscaloosa, Ala., ahead of the Iron Bowl between CFB-ranked No. 14 Auburn and No. 1 Alabama. The weekly three-hour Emmy Award-winning show (Saturday 9 a.m. – noon ET) will originate from outside Bryant-Denny Stadium on the campus of the University of Alabama.
Hosted by Chris Fowler, the GameDay team consists of analysts Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard and David Pollack with reporting by Samantha Ponder,Tom Rinaldi, Scott Van Pelt, George Whitfield and Gene Wojciechowski.
Brent Musburger and Jesse Palmer, with Maria Taylor reporting, will call the Auburn at Alabama game on ESPN (Saturday, 7:45 p.m.).
College GameDay nuggets:
- This is the sixth Iron Bowl College GameDay has attended – but the first in Tuscaloosa. Alabama has won three of the previous five meetings. Lee has picked Alabama three times in headgear games at the Iron Bowl (2-1).
- This is the 32nd time College GameDay has been at the site of an Alabama game. The Tide is 20-11 with the show in town.
- This is the 17th time College GameDay has been at the site of an Auburn game. The Tigers are 8-8 in the previous 16.
- Lee Corso is 9-5 when picking Auburn games. He is 4-2 when picking Auburn and 5-3 when picking against Auburn. Corso correctly picked Mississippi State to beat Auburn earlier this year.
- In 13 weeks, College GameDay has been to nine games decided by seven points or fewer. The nine games at show locations decided by seven points or fewer represent the most in the history of the show. The previous high was eight in 2003.
- Lee Corso is 7-5 in Week 14 headgear picks. Each of the last two years he has picked Alabama in Week 14. Last year over Auburn (loss) and in 2012 over Georgia (won).
- This is the 20th time College GameDay has been to a game between a Top 2 team at home vs. a team outside the Top 10. Home teams are 18-1 in the previous games, with the only loss being Oregon’s loss to Stanford in 2012. Of the 18 teams to win, 12 won by at least 21 points and just three won by single digits (Florida State vs. Clemson earlier this year, Ohio State vs. Michigan in 2002, UCLA vs. Oregon in 1998).
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