Thanks in advance

Seattle, to watch UCLA and Washington duke it out in the EPIC Pac-10.







EPIC.

Thanks, I can't believe they aren't in Nashville for UK-Vandy. That would be 2 weeks in a row for Kentucky but still, what the hell? That's for the SEC East division.

They decided where they were gonna be weeks ago. Already plan for Syracuse next week, and Durham the following week.

They plan gameday I THINK before the season even starts. I know when they were at IU for Indiana-MSU a few years ago we knew in October (the game was in February). So take that for what its worth.

That Syracuse-Villanova crowd is gonna be insane.....

Does College Game Day for football schedule that far in advance?

I don't think they do. Maybe because in basketball, you know who is going to be good (or supposed to be), so it makes it easier. However in football, you see MORE people come out of nowhere.

In football, they pick it week by week. In basketball, it's pre-scheduled, because the game is always at 9PM on ESPN. In football, ESPN doesn't always have the telecast because they go to the best game of the week, which could be for instance, a SEC on CBS game or something.

It stinks, and maybe as basketball Gameday grows, they will not pre-schedule the games, but you have to think it makes it easier to set up the arena and attract fans when they know Gameday is coming that far in advance.

Unfortunately, Gameday at Memorial Gym and in Nashville for this one would be awesome. It's a fantastic atmosphere, and with Vanderbilt basically playing this game for a possible SEC Championship, it's one of the bigger games in recent memory. They have won 4 straight against UK in Nashville and the series is only 40-25 all-time in favor of UK at Memorial Gym. That might seem lopsided given that it's a 15-game advantage for UK at Vandy, but if you look at their records in every other building and against every other school in general, this is about as close as it gets.

bigkahuna wrote: Does College Game Day for football schedule that far in advance?

I don't think they do. Maybe because in basketball, you know who is going to be good (or supposed to be), so it makes it easier. However in football, you see MORE people come out of nowhere.

I think this is sort of untrue. Here's the difference however.

All college football games, at least 99% of them, are on Saturday's. There are a lot more choices in most weeks for a premier game. In basketball, a lot of key games are during the week or on Sunday, so it's difficult to always go to one of the best games each week unless it's on a Saturday. Obviously, when ESPN can carry this game in primetime, it helps if Gameday is there in-terms of promotion.

With that said, college basketball has so many more schools and so many great atmospheres to see a game. Every weekend there are numerous options to go see a critical match-up, that it's sort of ridiculous that they are resigned to only go to the big conference games. Unlike football, where only a majority of the BCS schools can generate big crowds and great atmospheres for Gameday, basketball is a different animal and there are many smaller schools who would kill to have ESPN come to town and focus on their game.

For instance, next weekend BYU hosts New Mexico, and the game will determine the Mountain West Champion. Both teams are NCAA Tournament bound, both have very good basketball history and there are a few very intriguing stories to cover there with the BYU coach Dave Rose overcoming pancreatic cancer, Steve Alford's resurgence up the coaching ranks and the emergence of Jimmer Fredette. Add to that, I bet there would be more support and fanfare around this game than there will be in Seattle this weekend.