«College GameDay Built by The Home Depot» is headed to Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday for a showdown between Ohio State and Texas. Rece Davis hosts the three-hour show joined by analysts Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Pat McAfee, and Nick Saban at the desk, along with college football insider Pete Thamel, reporters Jen Lada and Jess Sims and college football betting analyst 'Stanford Steve' Coughlin. This week, the crew will be celebrating Lee Corso's final show, following his retirement announcement. The premier pregame show airs from 9 a.m. to noon ET on ESPN and ESPNU.
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«College GameDay» will be held outside St. John Arena in College Station. The pit will open at 6:30 a.m. ET, and fans can line up early.
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Texas hopes to get revenge against Ohio State after a tough loss in last year's Cotton Bowl. The Longhorns are the first team since East Carolina in 2019 to open the season against a team that it lost to in its final game the previous season. The past five teams to get an immediate rematch also lost the second game.
This is the fifth time that Ohio State has hosted an SEC school at Ohio Stadium. The Buckeyes won each of the previous four outings.
Texas quarterback Arch Manning — the preseason Heisman favorite (+650 according to ESPN BET Sportsbook) — will be making his third career start but first on the road or against a ranked opponent.
The Longhorns and Buckeyes both finished in the Top 3 in FBS in both scoring
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