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ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ headed to Iowa City for first time in 20 years

After spending the initial four weeks of the autumn schedule visiting Southeastern Conference sites, the popular ESPN preening program is shifting to the Big Ten for the fifth week of action. The broadcast crew is returning to the Hawkeyes home arena for the initial occasion in two decades to cover the upcoming contest against the Buckeyes.

This visit was finalized following a dramatic victory wherein the seventeenth-ranked squad secured a thrilling last-second score against the eighteenth-ranked Wolverines at the Big House. Meanwhile, the visiting Columbus squad advanced after defeating their Illinois rivals behind a four-score offensive display from their standout wide receiver.

The historical precedent for this matchup dates back to late September of 2006, when the top-ranked visiting squad defeated the thirteenth-ranked local team during a previous campus broadcast appearance. While the sports network will set up its morning festivities at the venue, broadcast rights for the afternoon match have been assigned to CBS for a mid-afternoon kickoff on Saturday.

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