ESPN announces Ohio State as first College GameDay stop of 2025 football season
ESPN has announced the host for their opening College GameDay of the season, and no surprise it will be in Columbus.
As I'm sure everyone knows by now, next season will open with a College Football Playoff semifinal between Ohio State and the Texas Longhorns. It should be a battle of top five teams, and will almost certainly be the most-viewed game of the weekend. It was also already announced as the host for Fox's Big Noon Kickoff, meaning we'll once again get both gameday pre-shows in the same place. (Ironically enough, while the shows do coincide sometimes, it's not as often as you'd expect, given that both networks want to travel to the biggest game of the week as often as they can.)
Of course, the game will also start at noon, much to the chagrin of Buckeyes fans (and lawmakers). Still, the atmosphere and occasion should be as electric as possible for a season-opening game.
ESPN is also playing up the fact that it will be Lee Corso's final appearance on GameDay. And, given the fact that Corso began his "headgear pick" tradition back in Columbus in 1996, it's a fitting place for him to hang up his headgear one last time.
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