ESPN's College GameDay will embark on a very special season on Aug. 30. The beloved college football pregame show will head to Columbus, Ohio—a frequent location of the show—for the massive Week 1 showdown between No. 1 Texas and No. 3 Ohio State. The season's first episode will also serve as a sendoff for legendary analyst Lee Corso, who rose to prominence for his quirky headgear picks for games each week. The first of those picks came back in 1996, when he donned the head of Brutus Buckeye outside Ohio Stadium, picking the Buckeyes over Penn State. They would go on to win 38–7.
College GameDay traditionally picks its next location about a week out, with selections largely based on season results and the juicy storylines that develop during the march to the College Football Playoff. Naturally, ESPN skews towards its own broadcasts (which means a lot of SEC games these days), but with Fox broadcasting Ohio State vs. Texas, GameDay still won't exclusively attend Disney Family broadcasts, even going so far as to broadcast from FCS or even Division III games on occasion.
