College ESPN College GameDay Invades Times Square by Jason Cordner September 24, 2017 ESPN College GameDay Invades Time Square ESPN’s College GameDay was in Times Square in New York City on Saturday, and many folks questioned why the ESPN crew would roll into Time Square considering the closest FBS game to Saturday’s GameDay set is about 200 miles southeast, where Navy was hosting Cincinnati in Annapolis. Why Did ESPN’S College GameDay Decided To Come To New York? ESPN made the choice to come to Times Sqaure mostly because New York is such huge city where many graduate and relocate and need a place to watch their favorite college team. For example, The Ainsworth is one of the bars that serves as the Alabama headquarters on Saturdays. Iron Bar hosts Buckeyes fans during Ohio State games. People are passionate about college football here, but that sometimes gets drowned out by the Jets and Giants. ESPN Vice President of Production and Gameday producer Lee Fitting elaborated on the decision to choose New York City over a traditional college campus. “New York City is a melting pot of college football fans and the heartbeat of America,” said Fitting. “Thousands of alumni gather in the city each fall Saturday to root on their school and we are bringing College GameDay to New York for them! We want every alumni base and college football fan near and far to join us in Times Square to provide the celebratory, festive atmosphere that is synonymous with the show.” Lady Liberty Corso Edition The show’s cheery vibe culminated in Lee Corso dressed in sea green as Lady Liberty, holding a torch as red, white and blue streamers rained down. He declared: “New York City is a great college football town.” Fans came from miles away to represent their college football teams with some interesting signs. One of my favorite signs read “Seton Hall > Rutgers football.” Many were waiting to see if this experiment would work and by the looks of the atmosphere and how much of the event was successful, I wouldn’t be shocked if the Gameday crew returns to New York. Just don’t expect it to be anytime soon. Post Views: 1,822 The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts Jason Cordner Latest posts by Jason Cordner (see all) Lebron James Leaves Coca-Cola To Sign With Pepsi - March 22, 2021 WNBA Rolling Out Red Carpet For Upcoming 25th Anniversary Season - March 16, 2021 Nike Partners with National Urban League to Promote Employment and Home Ownership for the Black Community - March 15, 2021 Rob Gronkowski Gets In On NFT Collection Movement, Becomes First Athlete To Do So - March 10, 2021 Related TopicsCollege GameDayESPNLee CorsoNew York CityTimes Square Click to comment You must be logged in to post a comment Login Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Newsletter Subscription Can't Miss Posts! Women in Sports: NHL Network Host, Jackie Redmond by Nicholas Durst | posted on March 4, 2019 From Paramus High School to CBS Sports, Spero Dedes is making waves in sports broadcasting by Sunil Sunder Raj | posted on October 27, 2020 Lochte, Dressel and Ledecky all Chasing Gold at 2021 Tokyo Olympics by Anthony Paradiso | posted on April 18, 2021 You Know I’m Right, Episode 109: The Athletic’s Marc Carig (Audio/Video) by Nicholas Durst | posted on April 19, 2021 Women in Sports: Podcast Host, New York Riptide Sideline Reporter, Dani Wexelman by Luke Porco | posted on March 3, 2020 More in College You Know I’m Right, Episode 107: New York Post’s Columnist Mike Vaccaro (Audio/Video) On the 107th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... Master P’s Son, Hercy, Commits to Tennessee State Master P’s son, Hercy Miller, is committing to Tennessee State to play basketball. While... EA Sports Plans to Revive College Football Video Game EA Sports announced that they plan on making college football video games again. The... UVM Women’s Basketball Team Quits 2020-2021 Season The University of Vermont (UVM) women’s basketball will be ending their 2020-2021 season early... Columbia Moves To 2-0 After Win Over Georgetown At Home Lehigh Mountain Hawks Lose Another High Flying Affair