ESPN College GameDay heads to Bloomington for the first time in program history in Week 9 for a Big Ten matchup between the undefeated Indiana Hoosiers and the Washington Huskies, last year’s national championship runner-ups.
Lee Corso, the longtime GameDay broadcaster who returned this past weekend after a health related absence, will finally return home.
Corso coached at Indiana from 1973-1982, going 41-68-2 as head coach which included a No. 19 ranking in the AP Poll and a Holiday Bowl victory both in 1979.
The Hoosiers are 7-0 under new head coach Curt Cignetti, who has lit a fire under this program after coming over from James Madison. The Hoosiers blasted Nebraska on Sunday, winning 56-7 over a team that was 5-1 coming into the contest.
At this point Indiana is on the periphery of the College Football Playoff picture, with some concerned the team’s strength of schedule is partly responsible for the team’s hot start. Still, Indiana hasn’t been skating by but rather blowing teams out, with the closest margin of victory coming against Maryland – a game the Hoosiers won 42-28.
Washington has been average so far this season, sitting at 4-3 and 2-2 in Big Ten play, but Indiana may have to get past the Huskies without starting quarterback Kurtis Rourke – who exited Saturday’s game against the Cornhuskers with an injury.
The game kicks off at 12:00 PM ET on Saturday, October 26th on the Big Ten Network.