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Photo Gallery: Duck fans reclaim ‘Kings of the West’ at ESPN College GameDay

Photo Gallery: Duck fans know how to make ESPN Gameday a great show with a packed crowd at The Quad.

You know it’s a big game on the college football docket when ESPN College Gameday comes to town.

It’s Eugene’s turn here in Week 7 as No. 3 Oregon hosts No. 2 Ohio State for what might be the biggest game in the history of Autzen Stadium,

The Gameday crew always says Eugene is the top place to go because of the fans’ interaction, the signs, and, of course, the Oregon Duck himself as the host. Unfortunately, the Duck’s best buddy, coach Lee Corso, couldn’t make the trip due to illness.

That didn’t let down the excitement among the big crowd that gathered around the Gameday set. The show began at 6 am local and it was still dark, but the fans started gathering at The Quad long before that.

We were able to have some photographers on the scene to take the best pictures in the early morning for what promises to be a special day at Autzen Stadium.

ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ announces celebrity guest picker for Oregon vs. Utah game

ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ announces celebrity guest picker for Oregon vs. Utah game

There were many extremely enticing candidates for the celebrity guest picker for ESPN’s “College GameDay” this week with the crew in Salt Lake City for the No. 8 Oregon Ducks vs. No. 13 Utah Utes.

In the end, it feels like they made a great choice.

On Friday, ESPN announced it will be Steve Smith who comes on the show Saturday morning to help preview the game and make some of the top picks across the nation for Week 9.

Steve Smith is among the most beloved former NFL wide receivers, having played for both the Carolina Panthers and Baltimore Ravens in a 16-year career. In one season at Utah, Smith set the school record for yards-per-catch at 20.6.

Other candidates to be the guest picker were former Utah QB Alex Smith, and Utah alumna Holly Rowe, an ESPN analyst.

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How to watch, listen, stream No. 9 Oregon at No. 13 Utah

How to watch, listen, stream No. 9 Oregon at No. 13 Utah

The 12:30 time slot belongs to the Ducks once again, but this time, Oregon will be on Fox as they go to No. 13 Utah for a huge game Saturday.

ESPN GameDay will be in Salt Lake City, making it the second time this season they’ll be at an Oregon game. The last time was at Washington where Lee Corso picked the Huskies. It’s unusual to see the ole ball coach go against his favorite mascot The Duck and it’s hard to see Corso not pick the Ducks for the second time.

For those with the capability, the game will be broadcast in 4K as most Fox college football games are.

Top guest picker candidates for ‘College GameDay’ between No. 8 Oregon and No. 13 Utah

Top guest picker candidates for ‘College GameDay’ between No. 8 Oregon and No. 13 Utah

It was only a couple of weeks ago that we were digging through the archives of famous University of Washington alumni, trying to identify which celebrity ESPN might choose as the guest picker for their flagship ‘College GameDay’ show in Seattle.

We did a good job, correctly identifying the eventual picker Joel McHale, an actor, as one of the top candidates.

So this week, with the news that ‘GameDay’ will be heading to Salt Lake City to feature the matchup between No. 8 Oregon and No. 13 Utah, we are at it again. The last time ‘GameDay’ was in Salt Lake City, it was Frank Caliendo who was the guest picker. So after parsing through the notable alums at Utah and the most famous players to come out of the program, here’s our list of top candidates to be named the guest picker for Saturday’s pregame show:

ESPN ‘College GameDay’ crew picks winner between No. 8 Oregon and No. 7 Washington

ESPN ‘College GameDay’ crew picks winner between No. 8 Oregon and No. 7 Washington

It comes as no surprise that ESPN’s “College GameDay” made its way to Seattle this weekend for a top-10 showdown between the No. 8 Oregon Ducks and No. 7 Washington Huskies.

All of the storylines are there, ripe for the taking, with a pair of Heisman Trophy contenders at quarterback, a pair of Biletnikoff contenders at wide receiver, and two teams that have real hopes of making it to the College Football Playoff.

This is undoubtedly the biggest game in the Pac-12 thus far this season, and one of the biggest games in the nation thus far as well.

With the GameDay crew in Seattle for just the third time, it was a great environment and a perfect setting for this type of contest. Here’s who all of the guys ended up picking on Saturday morning as their winner for this game:

Game time announced for top-10 showdown between Oregon and Washington

It’s a marquee slot for this top-10 matchup on ABC for the Oregon Ducks vs. Washington Huskies in Week 7.

We had a feeling that by the time we reached Week 6 of the college football season, both the Oregon Ducks and Washington Huskies would enter their bye weeks undefeated, setting up a marquee matchup between the two bitter rivals in Week 7.

I don’t think we had any idea how much hype would be surrounding this game, though.

It’s hard to find any respectable voices across the world of college football who don’t think both the Ducks and Huskies are among the top teams in the nation right now. If you were to throw out preseason expectations and rankings, it’s clear that there are few teams, if any, who are playing better than Oregon and Washington.

Now we get to see these two teams play each other, and that game will come in a marquee time slot on national television.

It was announced on Monday that ABC would air the Oct. 14 game at 12:30 p.m. PT. There is a good chance ESPN’s “College GameDay” heads to Seattle for the matchup, though you could also see the flagship show deciding to feature the USC Trojans’ game against Notre Dame over the Ducks and Huskies.

While both Oregon and Washington enjoy a bye week and rest up for the Pac-12’s biggest game of the season thus far, fans can get prepared for what will undoubtedly be a raucous day of football.

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ESPN’s College Game Day picks Cincinnati / Tulsa and more

Who do you have winning today?

The pre-eminent college football pre-game show took their crew to Cincinnati, the lone loss on Notre Dame’s ledger this season. The Bearcats are set to host the Golden Hurricane’s of Tulsa. The guest picker, Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees and Cincinnati native, made his picks along with Desmond Howard, Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit. Find out who they picked to win between Notre Dame and Navy along with the tops games on today’s schedule.

ESPN’s College Game Day crew makes their picks from Augusta

Live from the Masters Par 3 course, ESPN’s College Game Day makes their picks for today’s slate of games.

The Masters Tournament had to move the dates back this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but they’re making the most of it. The tournament now falls on a weekend of college football and the NFL, giving sports fans plenty to watch. ESPN’s College Game Day took advantage of the opportunity and they broadcasted from the Master’s Par 3 course, one hell of a site.

The Game Day group of Desmond Howard, Kirk Herbstreit and Lee Corso picked along with the “Golden Bear” Jack Nicklaus, winner of 6 Masters Tournaments and 73 career wins, good for 3rd all-time.

 

Penn State vs Nebraska

Nicklaus – PSU

Howard – Nebraska

Herbstreit – PSU

Corso – Nebraska

 

Northwestern vs Purdue

Nicklaus – NU

Howard – NU

Herbstreit – Purdue

Corso – Prudue

 

Wisconsin vs Michigan

Nicklaus – UW

Howard – UW

Herbstreit – NO PICK

Corso – UW

 

TCU vs West Virginia

Nicklaus – TCU

Howard – TCU

Herbstreit – TCU

Corso – WVU

 

USC vs Arizona

Nicklaus – USC

Howard – USC

Herbstreit – USC

Corso – USC

 

Arkansas vs Florida

Nicklaus – UF

Howard – UF

Herbstreit – UF

Corso – UF

 

Notre Dame vs Boston College

Nicklaus – ND

Howard – ND

Herbstreit – ND

Corso – ND

 

Masters winner

Howard – Justin Thomas

Herbstreit – Jon Rahm

Nicklaus – Justin Thomas

Corso – Brooks Koepka

WATCH: Lee Corso picks Ohio State to beat Clemson

Watch as ESPN personality Lee Corso puts on the Brutus head gear and picks Ohio State to beat Clemson in the Fiesta Bowl.

It’s a time-honored tradition, sort of. Ever since ESPN’s College Game Day began using Lee Corso to pick the game winner of what the sports programming giant considered the biggest game of the week, it’s taken a life of its own.

In the way only Corso can, he riles up the crowd, often using headgear and other props to make his pick. Of course it’s only opinion, but many tune in and eat it up. Some even cherish it more than anything else in the popular pregame show.

The Game Day crew was at it again Saturday morning, and when it came time for Corso to make his pick against the backdrop of State Farm Stadium, he went against the grain and picked Ohio State to beat Clemson.

“Brutus was my first pick 23 years ago,” said Corso. “I picked them thirty times since then, but it’s the first time I picked them as an underdog. Give me Brutus — go Ohio State.”

You can get a look at his pick and how he did it by clicking on the below thanks that was shared by the official twitter feed of College Game Day.

Ohio State vs. Michigan was FOX’s most watched college football game of the year

The Ohio State vs. Michigan game gathered viewers en mass as it normally does. FOX Sports reports it to be the 2nd most viewed game of 2019.

This FOX Big NOON Kickoff experiment has been widely successful. More and more numbers keep pouring in on the noon window and how the biggest FOX college football game of the week does against its competition, and it has more than held its own on several occasions.

And now we have more to add to the numbers.

According to a press release from FOX, the Ohio State vs. Michigan game was the most watched telecast of the day, and the most viewed college football game on FOX for the entire college football season. In fact, to date, only the LSU vs. Alabama matchup had more eyes on it so far this year.

Of course a lot of it probably had to do with Urban Meyer’s presence in a lot of the Ohio State games that were in the noon window, but that just makes good business sense does it not?

Also, another important note from the network — the 11AM to Noon Eastern time slot showed a bigger rating from the FOX Big Noon Kickoff Show than what ESPN’s College Game Day pulled in. That too is significant and hard to fathom for a show that just got started this year, going against a mainstay on ESPN that’s been around for more than two decades in its current format.

Now, you could say the numbers might change a little when you account for the mid-week roll-up, but either way, it’s clear FOX is cutting into the ESPN market share.