ESPN
announced on Sunday that its College GameDay show will emanate from Gainesville
next weekend, the site of the Florida-South Carolina game in The Swamp. The Gators (6-0/5-0 SEC) and the Gamecocks (6-1/4-1
SEC) will meet in a key SEC Eastern Division matchup.
Florida will be making its 35th appearance on GameDay, a
figure that leads the nation. This will be the program's first appearance in
Gainesville since Nov. 28, 2009, a 37-10 Florida victory over Florida State. UF
has already appeared twice on the program this season in consecutive weeks, a
20-17 win over Texas A&M in College Station on Sept. 8 and a 37-20 victory
over No. 23 Tennessee on Sept. 15 in Knoxville.
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. Hosted
by Chris Fowler, GameDay will once again feature Lee Corso, Kirk
Herbstreit, Desmond Howard and David Pollack during the 10 a.m. – noon hours on
ESPN. Samantha Steele joins the first hour on ESPNU with Pollack, and will also
contribute reports, interviews and features throughout the final two hours with
reporter Tom Rinaldi. The show covers all college football angles, issues and
game previews.
College
GameDay Appearances By School (after 10/20/12)
|
Rank
|
School
|
Shows
|
|
1.
|
FLORIDA
|
35
|
|
2.
|
Ohio
State
|
30
|
|
3.
|
Oklahoma
|
26
|
|
4.
|
Florida
State
|
24
|
|
|
Michigan
|
24
|
|
6.
|
Alabama
|
23
|
|
7.
|
Notre
Dame
|
20
|
|
|
Southern
Cal
|
19
|
|
9.
|
LSU
|
18
|
|
|
Tennessee
|
18
|
College
GameDay Times Hosting The Show (after 10/20/12)
|
Rank
|
School
|
Shows
|
|
1.
|
Ohio
State
|
13
|
|
2.
|
FLORIDA
|
12
|
|
3.
|
Michigan
|
10
|
|
4.
|
LSU
|
8
|
|
|
Notre
Dame
|
8
|
|
|
Southern
Cal
|
8
|
|
|
Tennessee
|
8
|
The Gators have
hosted the show in Gainesville 11 times during the season, going 7-4
when the show is on-campus:
Home wins over Florida State [1995, 1997,
2009], LSU [2006], Tennessee [1997, 1999] & Miami (Fla.) [2008]
Home
losses to Florida State [1999, 2003], Miami (Fla.) [2002] & Tennessee
[2001]
The Gators have
played in the game where the show is on-site 23 times, going 16-7:
Road wins over Alabama
[2008 – SEC Championship Game], Auburn [1997], Florida State [1997*], Georgia
[1999, 2002, 2005 (Jacksonville)], Kentucky [2007], LSU [2009], Ohio State
[2007*], Oklahoma [2009*], South Carolina [2001], Tennessee [1996, 2000, 2002,
2012], Texas A&M [2012]
Road losses to Alabama [2009 – SEC
Championship Game], Auburn [2006], Florida State [1996, 2000], LSU [1997, 2007]
& Nebraska [1996*]
*Denotes
this was a bowl game, which is neutral-site game for both teams.
