ESPN's College GameDay To Originate From The Swamp Saturday
Sunday, August 31, 2008 | Football
ESPN announced on Sunday that its College GameDay show will emanate from Ben Hill Griffin Stadium this weekend, the site of the Florida-Miami game in The Swamp. The fifth-ranked Gators (1-0) and the Hurricanes (1-0) will meet at 8 p.m. on ESPN. The show will be broadcast from the grass outside the North End Zone of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
Florida will be making its 28th appearance on GameDay, a figure that leads the nation. The Gators last appeared on the program on April 12, when ESPN covered the "Orange & Blue Debut" Spring Scrimmage. This will be the program's first regular-season appearance in Gainesville since Oct. 7, 2006, a 23-10 Florida victory over No. 9 LSU. UF's most recent regular-season appearance on the program was a 45-37 triumph over No. 8 Kentucky in Lexington on Oct. 20, 2007.
Since 1993, College GameDay has been television's definitive and comprehensive college football studio show and has traveled most weeks on college Saturdays to the day's big game and has been met by large and enthusiastic crowds. The two-hour program with host Chris Fowler and analysts Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and Desmond Howard airs live on ESPN each Saturday at 10 a.m. The show covers all college football angles, issues and game previews.
College GameDay Appearances By School (after 8/30/08)
| Rank | School | Shows |
| 1. | FLORIDA | 27 |
| 2. | Ohio State | 22 |
| 3. | Florida State | 21 |
| Michigan | 21 | |
| 5. | Notre Dame | 18 |
| Oklahoma | 18 | |
| 7. | Tennessee | 17 |
| 8. | Miami (Fla.) | 16 |
| 9. | Nebraska | 15 |
| 10. | Southern Cal | 14 |
College GameDay Times Hosting The Show (after 8/30/08)
| Rank | School | Shows |
| 1. | FLORIDA | 10 |
| Ohio State | 10 | |
| 3. | Michigan | 9 |
| 4. | Alabama | 8 |
| 5. | Notre Dame | 7 |
| Tennessee | 7 | |
| 7. | Florida State | 6 |
| LSU | 6 | |
| Miami (Fla.) | 6 | |
| Nebraska | 6 | |
| Virginia Tech | 6 |
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