• College football’s premier pregame show travels to Bloomington, Indiana, for its first Saturday show at IU with a homecoming show for Corso and a home game for McAfee
• Week 9 special guests: Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti is on set, while Navy QB Blake Horvath is there remotely, Week 9 guest pick former IU baseball player Kyle Schwarber
• Fans who arrive early have a chance to be selected for the Pat McAfee Kicking Contest and win $100,000 of Pat’s money

ESPN’s College GameDay, built by The Home Depot travels to Bloomington, Indiana for a homecoming show for Lee Corso before the undefeated Hoosiers’ Big Ten matchup against Washington. The top-rated college football pregame show airs from 9 a.m. to noon ET on ESPN and ESPNU from the South Lawn of Memorial Stadium on campus.

host Rece Daviswho is in his tenth season at the helm, is joined at the desk by Matchday Analysts including Lee Corso – Head coach at IU from 1973 to 1982Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond HowardIndianapolis resident and former Colts All-Pro player Pat McAfee And Nick Saban. College Football Insider Pete Thamel, College football betting analyst “Stanford Steve” Coughlin and reporters Jen Lada And Jess Sims round that off Matchday pour.

College game day remains on track to be the best season ever, averaging 2.2 million viewers and up 10% from the 2023 season. Last Weekend in Texas marked the series’ best Week 8 episode ever, averaging 2.3 million viewers and 3.1 million viewers in the final hour, with a peak of 3.8 million viewers.

View highlights & guests

• Coaches & players continue Matchday – Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti will be seen live from the set before the Hoosiers’ Big Ten match as Navy’s quarterback Blake Horvath will be tuned in from the field at MetLife Stadium during pregame warmups before the showdown with Notre Dame. Former Washington State cornerback and current police chief of Center Grove, Indiana Ray Jackson will wave the Ol’ Crimson flag in front of his son in Bloomington on Saturday, Tayven Jackson, gets his first start as QB for the Hoosiers.
• Coach’s film room – Saban describes the play of Oregon QB Dillon Gabriel and how he led the Ducks to the No. 1 ranking.
• Guest selection – Former Hoosier baseball player and member of the Chicago Cubs 2016 World Series championship team Kyle Schwarber joins in College game day as the Guest Pick of Week 9. The current Philadelphia Phillies left fielder and 2014 MLB first-round draft pick returns to his alma mater for the undefeated Hoosiers’ showdown against Washington.
• Pat McAfee’s Kicking Contest – Returning to the second season, Matchdaywill offer an exclusive competition during the live show, Pat McAfee’s Kicking Contest. Fans who arrive early will have the chance to be selected from the “pit” on site and attempt a 33-yard field goal. If the participant successfully completes the kick, they will receive $100,000 from McAfee. Full details, including official rules, can be found here Here.

The show and offerings are free to fans and early arrival is recommended for these exclusive offerings.

For on-site information please visit College game day‘s Hub HERE.

Additional guests will be announced prior to Saturday’s show Twitter from ESPN PR And College game dayis Twitter.

Corsos Count

• Coach Corso will select his 420th mascot headgear upon his return to Indiana. The legendary coach spent ten seasons at the helm from 1973 to 1982. His best season with the Hoosiers was 1979, when he led IU to an 8-4 record and a win in the Holiday Bowl. In 2010, Corso was inducted into the IU Athletics Hall of Fame.
• Indiana will host Matchday for the second time in the program’s history. The first show was a special Thursday night as the Hoosiers opened the 2017 season against Ohio State.
• Washington is making his 10th appearance on the show and is 2-7 in his previous appearances. Corso has picked the Huskies four times, with a 2-2 record in those games.

Features:

• Burden is proof – Luther Burden III’s decision to stay close to home and attend the University of Missouri changed the trajectory of the Tigers’ football program. Playing two hours from his hometown of St. Louis also gave the wide receiver a chance to be a role model for the community that raised him. College game day accompanied Burden at his free children’s camp at East St. Louis High School, an example of how he gives back. Pete Thamel Reports.
• Google him – Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti says he is often described as cocky, aggressive and arrogant. But that confidence was exactly what the 63-year-old head coach needed when he decided to leave his job as an assistant at Alabama to take a head coaching job at Division II IUP. How did this decision 13 years ago affect Cignetti? Google him. He wins. Jen Lada Reports.
• Coach Corso Roundtable – Long before he got around to it College game dayLee Corso was the head coach at Indiana for a decade and influenced countless players and coaches during his time at the helm of the Hoosiers. As Corso returns to Bloomington, his former players and staff share stories, memories and messages about the man who meant so much to so many. Rece Davis Reports.

Extensive digital coverage from ESPN

ESPN’s social and digital pre-pregame show, Countdown to GameDay, presented by Dr. Pepperwill be live from Indiana with the hosts Christine Williamson, Harry Douglas And Harry Lyles Jr. for the Week 9 stop. The show is available weekly at 8:20 a.m. on ESPN on YouTube, Facebook and the ESPN app.

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