CHARLOTTE — When he finished recording some segments for ESPN’s weekend school football policy, or required only he and his colleague, Rece Davis, to wear shorts with their shirts, ties and shoulder coats. Kirk Herbstreit got up from his chair on the set of GameDay College and turned around to look in the direction of a voice he heard.
“Nice shorts!” one fan shouted.
Herbstreit identified the ribs with a bad temper and smiled.
“Only on Friday,” he said with a smile.
Perhaps ESPN’s top school football visual analyst, Herbstreit, then gave a thumbs up and thanked the small organization of enthusiasts who had come to see him from the Romare Bearden Park turf about 50 feet from him. .
College GameDay, ESPN’s popular pre-game road show, will air live at the venue Saturday morning ahead of Clemson’s first game against Georgia at Bank of America Stadium that night. that music to your ears.
“We missed it a lot last year,” Herbstreit said. “This game missed that, and it’s a wonderful way to start. “
Last year, there weren’t many enthusiasts craced on the set with their same old panels designed for television, but screen enthusiasts have been relegated to virtual interactions amid the coronavirus pandemic, and even to the Gameday team, which includes Herbstreit, Davis. , Desmond Howard, David Pollack and Lee Corso, among others, had to be connected practically at certain times to air the exhibition, which has traveled elsewhere every week during the season since 1993.
“It’s like it’s their own little fair coming into town and organized with entertainment and all that,” said Pollack, who joined the GameDay team in 2011. “It’s great, exclusive and suitable for the time. “
But enthusiasts can attend this season, which, for the show, began last week with an Atlanta to air before the Alcorn State-North Carolina Central game in the MEAC/SWAC challenge. It’s expected to attract even more enthusiasts on Saturday, which Davis said only improves the quality of the stream.
“It adjusts everything,” said Davis, the host of GameDay for more than seven seasons. “We were moving away from the screen last year, and maybe the band elements, the breakdowns, the arguments, it was Array good. And when I watched the series on video, the soundtrack was missing. That enthusiasm and power given to enthusiasts wasn’t there. And the same is true when you were watching games last year.
“I think the power and environment that was an integral component of school football will definitely make the games delight and our show. “
The three-hour screen is expected to air Saturday in its same 9-hour time slot from Romane Bearden Park, which is less than a mile from Bank of America Stadium. Enthusiasts will not be required to attend.
“Hopefully we’ll have a big crowd here on Saturday,” Davis said. “Sure, of course. “
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