ESPN College GameDay Headed to College Station for No. 1 Alabama at No. 6 Texas A&M

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ESPN College GameDay Headed to College Station for No. 1 Alabama at No. 6 Texas A&M

Photo of Rachel Margolis Siegal Rachel Margolis Siegal Follow on Twitter September 9, 2013

SportsCenter and Studio Shows to Originate from Site Starting Thursday

ESPN’s iconic college football pregame show College GameDay Built by The Home Depot will travel to College Station, Texas, on Saturday, Sept. 14, for its three-hour show (9 a.m.–noon) of features and analysis on ESPN. The set will originate from Simpson Drill Field on the campus of Texas A&M University, site of the highly anticipated SEC matchup of the two-time defending national champion Alabama, ranked No. 1 in the country, against Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel and No. 6 Texas A&M.

Hosted by Chris Fowler, the GameDay crew consists of analysts Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard and David Pollack with reporting by Samantha Ponder, Tom Rinaldi, Scott Van Pelt and Gene Wojciechowski.

It is the fourth visit to College Station for ESPN’s popular college football pregame show, now in its 27th season. The three previous visits: Nov. 4, 2006 (No. 18 Oklahoma def. No. 21 Texas A&M, 17-16); Nov. 11, 2000 (No. 1 Oklahoma def. No. 24 Texas A&M, 35-31) and Sept. 8, 2013 (No. 24 Florida def. Texas A&M, 20-17).

In addition, several studio shows will originate from College Station, including SportsCenter segments throughout the weekend. College Football Live will air Thursday, Sept. 12 (ESPN2), and Friday, Sept. 13 (ESPNU), from the GameDay set at 5 p.m., plus the Thursday ESPN College Football Primetime pregame show at 7 p.m.

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Rachel Margolis Siegal

A part of the Internal Communications team at ESPN, I began with the network in 2010 as part of the College Sports PR team. Always an avid sports fan and not an athlete – I grew up a huge fan of the Hartford Whalers, while also watching my brother compete at different levels. I became the manager of several high school sports teams and continued that hobby into college. While at Quinnipiac, I worked in the Sports Information Department, which led me to a summer internship at the New Haven Ravens, a AA baseball team, and an eventual job with the Athletic Communications Department at the University of Connecticut. After my five-year stint at Connecticut, I spent six years as Director of Communications at the BIG EAST Conference in Providence, R.I. before joining ESPN.
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