College GameDay in Times Square

[PiscatawayMike]

While Rutgers is in Lincoln, College GameDay will be in NYC...



College football fans aren't happy:

https://www.seccountry.com/sec/internet-not-thrilled-college-gameday-heading-new-york-city

https://www.landof10.com/iowa/college-gameday-new-york-city-iowa-penn-state-week-4

 

[SHUSource]

And with that, College Game Day has officially jumped the shark. It's been heading downhill for a long while, but now it's over, folks.

 

[MGSA99]

SEC not happy that it's not there every single week?

 

[RUJohnny99]

hundreds of thousands of European tourists who have never seen a down of American football will fight each other to get on camera.

 

[BlockR]

hopefully RU will be sending something to rep there,cheerleaders,ect..since we claim to be NY media team.

 

[Armor and Sword]

Is the Naked Cowboy going to be the guest game picker?

 

[DJ Spanky]

Perhaps in October they can have it in Istanbul.

 

[Upstream]

While Rutgers is in Lincoln, College GameDay will be in NYC...

I'm not sure if it matters that Rutgers is away. Even if we were playing in Piscataway, our fans would be in Piscataway, not Times Square.

 

[RU4Real]

Don't watch it. Don't care.

 

[yesrutgers01]

Should be a ton of Cuse fans there...right? right? lol

 

[Plum Street]

That show used to be good, when it was 3 guys breaking down games . It stinks now .

 

[MozRU]

Its has turned into a total hack show. Like everything else, over exposed, over hyped, and now under delivered. Throw in the celebrities giving their "analysis" while pumping something they are selling.

Its all about selling the next "thing." All sports have lost story, the analysis, the beak down.

I am not being a 39yr old get of my lawn guy, here. From the outlandish players on media, to the stations giving you all the nonsense and no substance, 8pm marque game start times for a 4yr game, and NOW commercials during game play on half the screen, what are we watching for 4hours?

I'll see you at the Bentley game Friday night in the end zone with a beer in my hand. Get there quick, its over in 2.5hrs.

 

[Scarlet16E]

How did ESPN miss the opportunity to have Gameday at Times Square the day of The Battle in The Bronx!
Surely the entire world of CFB will be focused on NYC that day!

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Here's a sign idea for anyone going

 

[RU4Real]

Here's a sign idea for anyone going

Solid work.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Solid work.

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

I haven't seen it in years to be honest. I think we were in the Big East last time I watched it.

 

[RU Golfer]

Perhaps in October they can have it in Istanbul.

Perhaps in October they can have it in Istanbul.

LMAO

 

[vkj91]

UCLA Stanford makes most sense but would imagine Herbstreit is doing PSU IOWA game at 730

 

[TrueRU]

Honestly I still love this show. I'm not a huge fan of going to NYC however as that just seems like a publicity stunt.

 

[Plum Street]

Honestly I still love this show. I'm not a huge fan of going to NYC however as that just seems like a publicity stunt.

Isn't going to a different campus every week a publicity stunt?

 

[TrueRU]

@Plum Street
They have always gone to college campuses, or the places where big college games were being held. That was the charm of it to get the fans part of the pregame show. Being in NYC in the middle of people who could care less about college football seems like a reach that won't work out well.

 

[Rokodesh]

hundreds of thousands of European tourists who have never seen a down of American football will fight each other to get on camera.

only if they're not too busy taking pictures with 5'3" Ironman.

 

[RUJohnny99]

only if they're not too busy taking pictures with 5'3" Ironman.

I would have gone with anti-semitic Elmo, but tiny Ironman works too!

 

[Abro1975]

Corso is going to buy himself a genuine Rollexx watch from a guy w a suitcase and bad hat, while Herbsteit plays 3 card monte and loses his roll.

 

[Plum Street]

@Plum Street
They have always gone to college campuses, or the places where big college games were being held. That was the charm of it to get the fans part of the pregame show. Being in NYC in the middle of people who could care less about college football seems like a reach that won't work out well.

Not true. They always didn't go to game sites . It started as a studio show

 

[WhiteBus]

Honestly I still love this show. I'm not a huge fan of going to NYC however as that just seems like a publicity stunt.

I agree with many that its not as good as it used to be but I still love the show as well. They do a great job setting up all the big games, for the last two years have been killing the SEC and praising the Big Ten.
No one does a better job yet either.
Then only ESPN show I watch (besides live games), still the best at what they do. Still entertaining.

 

[BoroKnight]

For me, too, this is the only ESPN show I regularly watch. Of course, in the Pacific time zone, that's usually only a few minutes anyway.

Going to NYC is silly. Claiming NYC is college football territory is silly. Then again, getting up at 6 a.m. to be one of a few hundred people behind a set promoting an evening Pac-12 game is pretty silly, too.

 

[Armor and Sword]

I wouldn't doubt it if Gameday is at the DMZ on Veteran's Day.