Friday, February 29, 2008
Jayhawk fans will get a chance to yell for a few more hours this weekend. ESPN plans to broadcast its “College GameDay” program live from Allen Fieldhouse Saturday.
The “College GameDay” crew will arrive in Lawrence on Friday and do a few segments from the fieldhouse for Friday night’s “SportsCenter” program. But the real excitement will begin Saturday morning. Fans will be able to sit in on “College GameDay” and cheer for the Jayhawks before the team takes on the Kansas State Wildcats that evening.
“I’m just hoping nobody camps outside. It’s going to be chilly,” said associate athletics director Jim Marchiony. “But I’m sure there will be some fans out there very early.”
ESPN's Gameday came to Lawrence for the Big 12 battle between Kansas and Texas A&M. Feb. 3, 2007
Many fans already have plans to camp out to get good seats for the program. Some students will be camping in the fieldhouse for “College GameDay” as early as tonight.
Sachi Sakumura, Lawrence sophomore, said that she went to “College GameDay” last year and planned to go again Saturday.
“‘College GameDay’ was really fun. It was awesome to see everyone so excited and to see Digger and Jay,” Sakumura said.
Marchiony said that he expected more than 5,000 fans to show up for the program. He said that number would likely be larger if the program was broadcast later in the day.
“It’s really, really early, and I’m not a morning person, but I might be able to get up because it’s KU,” Tiffany Driver, Memphis, Tenn., junior, said.
This is the third time in four years that “College GameDay” has been broadcast from Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas defeated Texas when “College GameDay” came to Lawrence in 2005, the program’s inaugural year, and lost to Texas A&M when “College GameDay” came to the fieldhouse last year. This fall, the college football version of “College GameDay” was broadcast outside Arrowhead Stadium the morning before Kansas played Missouri in the Border War. Fans of the bitter rivals shared TV time at the event.
Coach Bill Self is scheduled to talk on-camera for the program. According to a release from Kansas Athletics, Krispy Kreme will provide doughnuts in the morning, and the athletic department will hand out memorabilia.
“College GameDay” will be open to the public. Doors will open at 8 a.m. The segments broadcast right before the game, however, will only be open to fans with tickets to the game.
—Edited by Jared Duncan
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