It must kill ABC/ESPN to do Gameday from a game televised by CBS. There has been an apparent bias in the selection criteria ever since the ABC - ESPN merger.
I'm surprised there wasn't a PAC-10 garbage-fest that they didn't argue was a bigger game. -Zeb On Oct 17, 2012, at 5:55 PM, mail.bobparks.com wrote: > Ok, hold it! I think we should be able to vote. All those in favor of Dara > Torres to be the celebrity guest picker over Ryan Lochte signify by saying > aye! > > Aye! > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI > Real Estate Broker > Bob Parks, LLC > 1517 Hunt Club Blvd > Gallatin TN 37066 > 615-972-4239 > 615-826-4040 > Sent from my iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Woody <[email protected]> >> Date: October 17, 2012 10:59:20 AM CDT >> To: undisclosed-recipients:; >> Subject: [gatornews] Gatorzone.com: ESPN's College GameDay To Be Held In >> Front Of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium >> Reply-To: [email protected] >> >> ESPN's College GameDay To Be Held In Front Of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium >> Gainesville, Fla. >> >> >> ESPN announced on Wednesday that its College GameDay show will emanate from >> the grass outside the North End Zone of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium this >> weekend, the site of the Florida-South Carolina game in The Swamp. The No. >> 3/4 Gators (6-0/5-0 SEC) and the No. 9/8 Gamecocks (6-1/4-1 SEC) will meet >> at 3:30 p.m. on CBS. >> >> Former Gator swimmer Ryan Lochte (2002-06), who brought home five medals >> from the 2012 Olympic Games in London, will be the celebrity guest picker on >> College GameDay. He captured gold medals in the 400m IM and the 4x200m Free >> Relay, won silver in the 4x100m Free Relay and 200IM and earned bronze in >> the 200m Backstroke. The five medals for Lochte increased his career Olympic >> medal haul to 11, a total that tied him for second all-time with Mark Spitz >> for the most medals won by a male swimmer behind Michael Phelps. Lochte’s >> five medals in one Olympic Games tied a Gator record for the most won in a >> single Olympiad. Dara Torres captured five swimming medals in Sydney in >> 2000, winning two gold and three bronze medals. >> >> Florida will be making its 35th appearance on GameDay, a figure that leads >> the nation. This will be the program's first appearance in Gainesville since >> Nov. 28, 2009, a 37-10 Florida victory over Florida State. UF has already >> appeared twice on the program this season in consecutive weeks, a 20-17 win >> over Texas A&M in College Station on Sept. 8 and a 37-20 victory over No. 23 >> Tennessee on Sept. 15 in Knoxville. The Gators’ three times this fall >> featured in the on-site game is their most since the 2002 regular season, >> when they appeared on Sept. 7 hosting Miami (Fla.), Sept. 21 at Tennessee >> and Nov. 2 in Jacksonville against Georgia. >> >> Since 1993, College GameDay has been television's definitive and >> comprehensive college football studio show and has traveled most weeks on >> college Saturdays to the day's big game and has been met by large and >> enthusiastic crowds. Hosted by Chris Fowler, GameDay will once again feature >> Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard and David Pollack during the 10 >> a.m. – noon hours on ESPN. Samantha Steele joins the first hour on ESPNU >> with Pollack, and will also contribute reports, interviews and features >> throughout the final two hours with reporter Tom Rinaldi. 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[2008] >> Home losses to Florida State [1999, 2003], Miami (Fla.) >> [2002] & Tennessee [2001] >> >> The Gators have played in the game where the show is on-site 23 times, going >> 16-7: >> Road wins over Alabama [2008 – SEC Championship Game], Auburn [1997], >> Florida State [1997*], Georgia [1999, 2002, 2005 (Jacksonville)], Kentucky >> [2007], LSU [2009], Ohio State [2007*], Oklahoma [2009*], South Carolina >> [2001], Tennessee [1996, 2000, 2002, 2012], Texas A&M [2012] >> Road losses to Alabama [2009 – SEC Championship Game], Auburn [2006], >> Florida State [1996, 2000], LSU [1997, 2007] & Nebraska [1996*] >> >> *Denotes this was a bowl game, which is neutral-site game for both teams. >> >> -- >> GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! >> 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions >> 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions >> 2008 National Football Champions | >> Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), >> Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
