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    It's game day in Bloomington. Literally.

    ESPN's College GameDay returns to the IU campus for the first time Saturday as the Hoosiers take on Washington, 7-0, today (noon).

    IU fans camped out Friday night and lined up bright early Saturday morning as Indiana took center stage in the national spotlight…for football.

    “This will be special.” What IU fans can expect from ESPN College GameDay

    More: Heavy traffic, $900 per night hotel stays while College GameDay visits IU

    The best college football pregame show with Rece Davis, Nick Saban, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard, Pat McAfee and Lee Corso. Notably, Corso coached Indiana during his career and Cignetti worked under Saban at Alabama as a wide receivers coach from 2007 to 2010.

    College GameDay previously came to IU in 2017 for a special edition on Thursday evening in advance of the game between IU and Ohio State.

    The countdown to GameDay will be broadcast live from Memorial Stadium's south lawn and begin at 8:30 a.m. The entire show starts 30 minutes later.

    We'll keep you updated on all the fun. PRESS UPDATE.

    Lee Corso, IU Football 1979 Holiday Bowl team, arrives in style

    Saturday marks an especially emotional homecoming for Corso, whose 1979 Holiday Bowl team — the first in IU history to win a bowl game — is already in town for a planned reunion. GameDay is planning some special moments honoring Corso and his team on Saturday.

    What is Rece Davis' favorite moment with Lee Corso?

    “We’re at Penn State. As you probably know, they always pass the Lions to the top of Beaver Stadium. We were out on Old Main and I said, “What if we brought the lion back through the crowd?” And I think it was Herbstreit who said, “What if we got LC to do it?” That was probably 2016. So I go up to him and say, “Yeah, we'll do that.” Well, as Friday afternoon went on, I was getting more and more nervous about the idea of ​​getting Lee back through this huge crowd, so I talked to security a little bit. They said, “We'll keep an eye on him.” I'm not sure that's a good idea, I'm not sure we should do that.” I said, “OK, let's see how it goes in the morning is.”

    Saturday morning comes. We are about to do it. Security is starting to freak out. “We don't know if we'll be able to get him back on set in time for the show.” We don't know if they'll put him down. We don't know what will happen. Say goodbye. We'll just leave it to the lion.' So I tell our then-director Rodney Perez, 'Open up to LC.' I'll tell him.' I said, “LC, hey man, security is worried about this.” Just forget about crowd surfing. “Just come to set, Lee.” Lee said, “Hell no, honey!” We'll do it!' It was one of the greatest openings with this great crowd, and LC was passed back by the Penn State crowd. It was great. This is one of my many, many great memories. I think that was the moment where I started to get nervous about the logistics of the show and he was like, “No, people are going to like this, remember, we're doing it.” And it was great.

    Lee Corso and ESPN College GameDay changed before the game

    “He was the one who back then really embraced and embodied the idea that he always reminds us of to this day: It's entertainment, honey,” Rece Davis said of Corso. “Football is our vehicle.” That’s what he always says. He recognized this early on and is why he is one of the most, if not the most, important figure in the history of college football television. He changed the way pregame shows were broadcast. It wasn't just, “Well, we'll see if we can block” and all that pretense. That's great, it's important, but it wasn't just that. He was one of the first to say exactly what he thought and not worry about it. 'Forget it', the whole thing. I think it really changed the way people approached the game and covered college football.”

    Who is the College GameDay guest selection for Indiana?

    Kyle Schwarber, an All-American during his IU baseball career and World Series champion with the Cubs in 2016, will serve as a guest selector.

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