College GameDay Returns to Stillwater for “Bedlam” Matchup

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College GameDay Returns to Stillwater for “Bedlam” Matchup

Photo of Rachel Margolis Siegal Rachel Margolis Siegal Follow on Twitter November 24, 2015

ESPN College GameDay Built by The Home Depot – college football’s longest running and most celebrated pregame show – will visit Stillwater, Okla., for the fifth time on Saturday, Nov. 28, in advance of Saturday Night Football on ABC presented by Wells Fargo featuring the annual “Bedlam” inter-state rivalry – No. 6 Oklahoma State hosting No. 7 Oklahoma at 8 p.m. (Rankings to be updated tonight, Tuesday, Nov. 24). The Emmy Award-winning show runs 9 a.m.-noon on ESPN.

H­ost Rece Davis – in his first season at the College GameDay desk –  is joined by analysts Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso and David Pollack, as well as contributors Samantha Ponder, Tom Rinaldi, George Whitfield and Gene Wojciechowski. Herbstreit will call the game with Chris Fowler and reporter Heather Cox.

Rather than at his usual spot on the show, Desmond Howard will be in Ann Arbor, Mich., where his #21 jersey will be retired prior to No. 12 Michigan’s rivalry game against No. 3 Ohio State (Noon, ABC) Saturday. Howard will provide live segments from Michigan during College GameDay.

College GameDay Fun Facts:

  • GameDay home teams have lost five of the last six weeks (4-7 on the year) with the only win in that span being Alabama over LSU.
  • Corso is 3-9 in headgear picks this year, his first losing season since 2002.
  • This is the 31st time GameDay has been to the site of an Oklahoma game; the Sooners are 21-9 in the previous 30.
  • Corso is 10-4 when picking OU and 4-10 when he picks against the Sooners. He has picked Oklahoma State twice with the Cowboys going 1-1 in those games.
  • This is the fifth time the show has been in Stillwater with Oklahoma State going 1-3 in the previous four trips.
  • This is the fifth time GameDay has been to Bedlam with Oklahoma winning all four prior meetings (3-0 in Stillwater, 1-0 in Norman).

College GameDay Features:

  • #ChadTough – The last 14 months of Chad Carr’s all-too-brief life strengthened a Michigan Man’s family, united a community, and reminded a football team and its coach about the power of love and courage.  (Reporter:  Gene Wojciechowski / Producer: Kristen Lappas)
  • Surrender Cobra – The connection between fans dealing with the agony of defeat and one of the world’s most dangerous creatures.  (Producer: Jarrod Ficklin)

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Photo of Rachel Margolis Siegal Rachel Margolis Siegal Follow on Twitter November 24, 2015
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Rachel Margolis Siegal

A part of the Internal Communications team at ESPN, I began with the network in 2010 as part of the College Sports PR team. Always an avid sports fan and not an athlete – I grew up a huge fan of the Hartford Whalers, while also watching my brother compete at different levels. I became the manager of several high school sports teams and continued that hobby into college. While at Quinnipiac, I worked in the Sports Information Department, which led me to a summer internship at the New Haven Ravens, a AA baseball team, and an eventual job with the Athletic Communications Department at the University of Connecticut. After my five-year stint at Connecticut, I spent six years as Director of Communications at the BIG EAST Conference in Providence, R.I. before joining ESPN.
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