Tag: Reece Davis

ESPN’s Rece Davis explains what’s at stake for Texas A&M ahead of facing Notre Dame

A win on Saturday night could go a long way for both programs

Ahead of Texas A&M’s 2024 prime time season opener vs. No. 7 Notre Dame on Saturday night, ESPN’s College GameDay has descended upon College Station this weekend, providing several of the show’s hosts time to talk to the local media on Friday afternoon.

College Football broadcasting legend Rece Davis, the show’s presenter, provided his own opinion on both programs and what a win tomorrow could impact, ranging from this season’s on-field results to recruiting. Over 100 prospects from the 2025, 2026, and 2027 recruiting cycles will reportedly attend the game.

As a noted fan of Texas A&M hiring new head coach Mike Elko this offseason, Davis feels that an Aggie win against a Top 10 opponent could do wonders for the first-year leader.

“If you win, it gives you a big boost. Everyone is paying attention, and it will help recruiting either way. Getting out on that stage, everybody’s aware; they’ll see what Elko is bringing to the table, see what they need, see the attention, and see the atmosphere and pageantry. Win or lose, it’s a great way to start for both teams.”

In terms of atmosphere, Davis and the rest of the Aggie fan base who will attend the matchup know that the 12th Man inside Kyle Field will affect the outcome in some way on Saturday night and help the Aggies secure a huge victory in the process.

No. 20 Texas A&M will host No. 7 Notre Dame on Saturday, August 31, at 6:30 p.m. CT, and the game will air on ABC.

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ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ picks Week 0 games plus College Football Playoff picks and more

GameDay goes big with their selections prior to the year starting

College football finally begins for [autotag]Notre Dame[/autotag] and that means the return of ESPN’s “College GameDay.”

The show hasn’t changed, but the panelists have, and it will be without [autotag]Lee Corso[/autotag] at least for the first week. [autotag]Reece Davis[/autotag] is back as the host with [autotag]Desmond Howard[/autotag], [autotag]Kirk Herbstreit[/autotag] and [autotag]Pat McAfee[/autotag] rounding out the analysts.

With a smaller slate of games this week, they had more time to make some bigger picture selections.

The three selected their Week 0 winners, conference champions along with who they believe will make the [autotag]College Football Playoff[/autotag] along with their winner this year. Check out their picks below.

ESPN’s College GameDay crew weighs in on No. 9 Oregon vs. No. 10 UCLA

Does winner of Oregon vs. UCLA go to the CFP? What helped turn Bo Nix’s career around? ESPN’s Rece Davis and David Pollack weighed in.

The eyes of the college football world will be fixed on Eugene this weekend as the No. 9 Oregon Ducks get set to host the No. 10 UCLA Bruins in a top-10 Pac-12 matchup that will go a long way in determining the power balance out west, and could potentially play a role in the College Football Playoff, as well.

In order to properly set the stage for this matchup, ESPN sent their flagship show, College GameDay, to Eugene to give the right publicity to the game.

While the set is going up on Oregon’s campus media members were allowed the opportunity to speak to some of the members of the show and get a feel for their early thoughts on the matchup. Here are some of the best quotes that we got on Friday:

Best of ESPN’s College Gameday from Notre Dame vs. Wisconsin

This looked like a lot of fun, relive it here!

A neutral site for ESPN’s pregame show, College Game Day, is a central point between the two schools, the Windy City and Soldier Field. Wisconsin and Notre Dame face off in a Top-25 matchup and the hype was real. Check out below some of the best Tweets from the broadcast and the sign’s made by the fans.