If you were to ask any college football fan what the biggest game on the schedule is in a certain year, they would likely be able to rattle off a list of opponents, many of whom they are certain they can beat, though it might offer a test.
The truest way to see which games are the biggest on a schedule, though, is by determining the matchups that can draw ESPN’s College GameDay to town. The flagship show travels across the country each week, setting up shop on campuses that are hosting the biggest games of the weekend, featuring them heavily on Saturday morning with an array of fans behind them.
The Ducks have been the host of College GameDay over a dozen times in the past decade, with Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit becoming familiar faces in Eugene. So looking at Oregon’s 2023 schedule, what games do we think might be big enough on the docket that they could attract a GameDay appearance, whether it be in Eugene or on the road?
Here are our candidates: